Tetsuya Saito, Taku Inohara, Hikaru Tsuruta, Fumiaki Yashima, Hideyuki Shimizu, Keiichi Fukuda, Yohei Ohno, Hidetaka Nishina, Masaki Izumo, Masahiko Asami, Toru Naganuma, Kazuki Mizutani, Masahiro Yamawaki, Norio Tada, Futoshi Yamanaka, Shinichi Shirai, Masahiko Noguchi, Hiroshi Ueno, Kensuke Takagi, Yusuke Watanabe, Masanori Yamamoto, Kentaro Hayashida
BACKGROUND: Few reports on pre-existing left bundle branch block (LBBB) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are currently available. Further, no present studies compare patients with new onset LBBB with those with pre-existing LBBB. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the association between pre-existing or new onset LBBB and clinical outcomes after TAVR. METHODS: Using data from the Japanese multicenter registry, 5,996 patients who underwent TAVR between October 2013 and December 2019 were included...
April 2024: JACC Asia