Cath Lab Recap: Pacing After Lotus TAVR; CMS on Leadless Pacemakers Interventional cardiology news to note
Almost one-third of patients who received the Lotus Valve for transcatheter aortic valve replacement required implantation of a permanent pacemaker, a small study reported in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. Independent predictors of need for pacing were pre-existing right bundle branch block and valve placement below the non-coronary cusp.