Incidence and predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation following transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Analysis from the german transcatheter aortic valve interventions registry

• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24915
• Publication Date: 2013-03-08T12:51:20Z
• Authors: Jakob Ledwoch; Jennifer Franke; Ulrich Gerckens; Karl‐Heinz Kuck; Axel Linke; Georg Nickenig; Jürgen Krülls‐Münch; Matthias Vöhringer; Rainer Hambrecht; Raimund Erbel; Gert Richardt; Martin Horack; Ralf Zahn; Jochen Senges; Horst Sievert
• Keywords: Permanent pacemaker

To determine predictors of permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation up to 30 days after transcatheter aortic valve (TAVI) in a prospective multicenter registry.Conduction disorders requiring PPM are one the most common complications seen TAVI. Knowledge about possible may help decrease rate implantations.In total, 1347 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI 22 centers were prospectively enrolled German interventions registry. Both Medtronic CoreValve™ and Edwards Sapien™ valves implanted. Patients with preprocedurally implanted or implantable cardioverter defibrillator excluded from analysis (n = 199). Regression baseline procedure characteristics remaining 1,147 was performed.Procedural success achieved 97.4% cases. The for 33.7%. absence prior surgery, use prosthesis presence porcelain aorta identified as independent Mortality at did not differ between without necessity (6.0% vs. 8.1%, respectively; HR 0.72; CI (0.45-1.16); P 0.17).PPM is postprocedure requirement prosthesis, independently associated