COMMENTARY OUTCOME OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION IN TRANSCATHETER
OR SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A STILL UNSOLVED PROBLEM.
Abstract
Despite advances in technologies and clinical experience, conduction
disorders, after TAVR or SAVR, represent the weak point of these
procedures, requiring permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) till 37.7%
of patients in TAVR recipients. The role of PPI in TAVR and SAVR remains
controversial in mid- and long-term outcomes. Indeed, many studies have
been published with contradictory results, leaving doubts rather than
certainties.