Figure 1. Study flow chart.
ICD indicates internal cardioverter‐defibrillator; NRD, National Readmission Database; PPM, permanent pacemaker; PPMI, permanent pacemaker implantation; and TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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