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Table 2 Electrocardiographic parameters and echocardiographic characteristics

From: Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

 

NEW PPM

(n = 12)

NO PPM

(n = 58)

p-Value

Electrocardiographic parameters

   

Before TAVR

   

Sinus rhythm

83.3

87.7

0.683

atrial fibrillation

16.7

13.8

0.796

1°AVB

16.7

7.0

0.296

RBBB

33.3

6.9

0.017*

LBBB

0

8.6

0.999

After TAVR

   

atrial fibrillation

0

5.3

0.999

RBBB

16.7

0

0.999

LBBB

16.8

26.3

0.485

3°AVB

100

0

1

Echocardiographic characteristics

   

Before TAVR

   

AV peak velocity (cm/s)

427.67 ± 157.794

467.84 ± 83.855

0.209

AV mean gradient (mmHg)

57.29 ± 31.95

55.76 ± 19.24

0.840

LVED (mm)

5.09 ± 0.81

5.11 ± 0.80

0.920

IVSd diameter (cm)

1.43 (1.30 1.54)

1.43 (1.26 1.56)

0.447

LVEF (%)

60 (58 65)

57 (52 60)

0.045*

BAV (%)

33.3

48.3

0.349

  1. AV = aortic valve; AVB = atrioventricular block; BAV = bicuspid aortic valve; ECG = electrocardiogram; IVSd = interventricular septum diastolic diameter; LBBB = left bundle branch block; LV = left ventricular; LVED = left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; PPM = permanent pacemaker; RBBB = right bundle branch block. *= p˂0.05