Permanent pacemaker implantation after isolated aortic valve replacement: Incidence, risk factors and surgical technical aspects

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Nardi, Paolo ^a   Pellegrino, Antonio ^a   Scafuri, Antonio ^a   Bellos, Kyriakos ^a   De Propris, Silvia ^a   Polisca, Patrizio ^a   Chiariello, Luigi ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve disease; Aortic valve replacement; Permanent pacemaker implantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249089687     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832f9fde     Document Type: Article

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