Electrocardiographic and further predictors for permanent pacemaker requirement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Open Access
- 30 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in EP Europace
- Vol. 12 (8), 1188-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq094
Abstract
The objective of this study was to identify electrocardiographic (ECG) and further predictors for atrioventricular (AV) block with a need for pacemaker (PM) implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Pre- and post-procedural ECGs of patients with severe aortic stenosis and ongoing TAVI were investigated in a prospective study. From 50 consecutive patients enrolled in the study (mean age 80 ± 6 years, 46% men), 17 (34%) experienced an AV block with subsequent requirement of a permanent PM [16 of 36 (44.4%) with CoreValve System and 1 of 14 (7.1%) with Edwards Sapiens System]. In patients with right bundle branch block (RBBB), PM implantation had to be performed more frequently [6 of 6 (100%) with CoreValve System and none with Edwards Sapiens System], P = 0.005. An AV block (Mobitz II second degree and third degree) occurred mostly within the first 24 h (range: Days 0–13) after the index procedure. No recovery of AV conduction with a change in PM indication occurred in a mean follow-up time of 13 ± 6 days. Our data demonstrate that patients with pre-operative RBBB and those receiving CoreValve prosthesis are at a significantly higher risk for PM implantation after TAVI. Therefore, patients with the presence of RBBB before TAVI may be at lower risk for PM implantation using the Edwards Sapiens System.Keywords
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