Among Medicare beneficiaries, implantation was especially frequent for female patients and those undergoing tricuspid valve replacement with or without concomitant left-sided heart surgeries.

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An aortic valve calcium score (AVCS) greater than 4510 arbitrary units independently predicts post–transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) conductive disorders requiring permanent pacemaker ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, there was no difference in survival or adverse CV ...

Needing a permanent pacemaker after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) was linked to mortality in Swedish registry data. Such risk was not apparent in the first few years: all-cause mortality ...

Researchers have examined long-term outcomes in patients who received pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through their groin. The result showed no significant ...

The thin, flexible, lightweight device could be used in patients who need temporary pacing after cardiac surgery or while waiting for a permanent pacemaker. All components of the pacemaker are ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

The cardiac pacemaker harmlessly dissolves over the course of 35 days. (Courtesy: Northwestern University) Temporary cardiac pacemakers provide essential pacing for patients with short-term heart ...

Doctors and patients alike can heart-ly believe that researchers developed a wireless pacemaker that can dissolve in the body. The pacemaker is for patients who need temporary assistance to regulate ...

COPENHAGEN, March 4 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald will receive a permanent pacemaker device to help compensate for a low heart rate, the royal court said on Monday, after the monarch was flown to ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have examined long-term outcomes in patients who received pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through their groin. The ...