THE FINAL FRONTIER: RATES OF NEW PERMANENT PACEMAKER PLACEMENT BETWEEN TRANSCATHETER AND SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) has expanded to include low-risk patients, however the rate of new permanent pacemaker (PPM) placement remains high. Patients who underwent TAVR and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) between 2013 and 2016 were identified from the Nationwide