Among Medicare beneficiaries, implantation was especially frequent for female patients and those undergoing tricuspid valve replacement with or without concomitant left-sided heart surgeries.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, there was no difference in survival or adverse CV ...

The incidence of implantation of a permanent pacemaker immediately after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) increased significantly over a period of 6 years in Spain, and this rising trend ...

Some patients who require placement of a permanent pacemaker for conduction disturbances after TAVI have declines in heart function not seen after the procedure or in the early months thereafter, a ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta breaks down the significance.

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Long-term real-world data showed favorable performance ...

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LONDON, England—New research has identified several high-risk variables associated with the need for a new permanent pacemaker after TAVI for aortic stenosis. None on the list are among the more ...

The baseline characteristics of the 6,268 cardiac surgery patients are outlined in Table I. The mean age of the study patients was 66 ± 10 years. Overall, 141 (2.2%) patients underwent PPM ...

Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...