Clinical impact of persistent left bundle-branch block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with CoreValve revalving system

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1300-1307

  Testa, Luca ^a   Latib, Azeem ^b   De Marco, Federico ^c   De Carlo, Marco ^d   Agnifili, Mauro ^a   Latini, Roberto Adriano ^a   Petronio, Anna Sonia ^d   Ettori, Federica ^e   Poli, Arnaldo ^f   De Servi, Stefano ^f   Ramondo, Angelo ^g   Napodano, Massimo ^h   Klugmann, Silvio ^b   Ussia, Gian Paolo ⁱ   Tamburino, Corrado ⁱ   Brambilla, Nedy ^a   Colombo, Antonio ^b   Bedogni, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e Spedali Civili   (Italy)

^f Azienda Ospedaliera di Legnano   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile di Bassano   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ Ferrarotto Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Artificial; BBioprosthesis; Brognosis; Cardiac pacemaker; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875456141     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001099     Document Type: Article

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