TCTMD

Permanent Pacemakers After TAVR: Model Helps Predict Individual Patient Risk With Sapien 3

A handful of nonmodifiable anatomic factors could help further pinpoint patients at high risk for needing a permanent pacemaker after TAVR with the Sapien 3 valve. In a single-center study, the risk ...
Medscape

Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Cardiac Surgery: Indications and Long-Term Follow-Up

Seventy-two patients (1.4%) required permanent pacemaker implantation. Indications for PPM implantation included: (i) complete atrioventricular (AV) block in 59; of these, 35 were immediate in onset ...
NJBIZ

St. Francis first to perform minimal fluoroscopy pacemaker implant

St. Francis Medical Center electrophysiologist and Director of Complex Electrophysiology Dr. Eran Zacks has implanted a permanent pacemaker into five patients’ hearts without the use of fluoroscopy.St ...