Needing a permanent pacemaker after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) was linked to mortality in Swedish registry data. Such risk was not apparent in the first few years: all-cause mortality ...

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Patients who undergo minimally invasive heart valve replacement, known as TAVR, sometimes develop heart rhythm problems that necessitate placement of a permanent pacemaker. However, when a pacemaker ...

Researchers have examined long-term outcomes in patients who received pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through their groin. The result showed no significant ...

For patients with transvenous pacemaker leads, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) can be performed safely with a low risk for periprocedural complications, according to a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in patients with trans-tricuspid valve pacemaker leads without ...

Approximately 200,000 people in the United States get pacemakers every year – but having a battery-operated machine control the heart is far from optimum, especially for children, because it requires ...

Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is recovering after surgery to replace his pacemaker. The Los Angeles Dodgers said Friday on Twitter that Lasorda “is doing well.” He had the surgery Thursday. A ...