title: Is lower base rate detrimental to transcatheter aortic valve implantation patients requiring pacemakers?
abstract: Sudden cardiac death related to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation has been well reported post atrioventricular junction ablation. The practice of faster pacing rate immediately after atrioventricular junction ablation is well recognized to decrease the risk of sudden cardiac death. We propose that this practice (faster pacing rate) be implemented in patients who need permanent pacemakers secondary to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (or even surgical aortic valve interventions).
authors.affiliation: a 1 Arrhythmia Services, Cardiology Department, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University , Nablus, Palestine.|b 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shurrab
authors.affiliation: b 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Theepana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singarajah
authors.affiliation: c 3 Sunnybrook Research Institute and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Harindra C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wijeysundera
authors.affiliation: a 1 Arrhythmia Services, Cardiology Department, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University , Nablus, Palestine.|d 4 Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, The University of Glasgow , Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haj-Yahia
authors.affiliation: b 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.affiliation: b 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crystal
authors.affiliation: b 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lashevsky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Complete AV block; permanent pacemaker; polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation; sudden cardiac death; transcatheter aortic valve implantation