Left bundle branch block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Inconsequential or a clinically important endpoint?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1753-1755

  Colombo, Antonio ^a   Latib, Azeem ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

intraventricular conduction disturbances; left bundle branch block; pacemaker; transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF EXPANDING STENT; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 84867863913     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.034     Document Type: Editorial

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