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Correspondence

Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India

(Email: shivchoudhary@hotmail.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Dawkins and colleagues [1] on the need for permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR). The authors conclude that PPI after AVR is required more often in patients with preoperative aortic regurgitation (AR), those with larger aortic prostheses (24.9 ± 2.8 mm) and patients with preoperative conducting system disease. However, we are not aware of the cause of aortic valve disease in their . . . [Full Text of this Article]