Pacemakers after heart valve surgery have different survival impact by sex, study finds
Following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), disturbances in the heart's electrical conduction system can make a pacemaker necessary. A recent study shows that the significance of a pacemaker for subsequent prognosis differs between women and men. Physicians at Karl Landsteiner University (klu Krems) analyzed short- and long-term survival data from more than 1,100 people affected.…
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