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Pacemaker implantation following tricuspid valve annuloplastyCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: Tricuspid annuloplasty is associated with increased risk of atrioventricular block and subsequent implantation of a permanent pacemaker. However, the exact incidence of permanent pacemaker, associated risk factors, and outcomes in this frame ...
Sigurdur Ragnarsson, MD, PhD, Amar Taha, MD, PhD, Susanne J. Nielsen, RN, PhD, Andrea Amabile, MD, Arnar Geirsson, MD, Markus Krane, MD, PhD, David Mörtsell, MD, PhD, Johan Sjögren, MD, PhD, Anders Jeppsson, MD, PhD, Andreas Martinsson, MD, PhD   +9 more
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Knowledge and Practice Regarding Self-care Management among Patients with Permanent Pacemaker at Cardiac Center

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Background: Permanent pacemaker can be implanted as a life shaving measures for the patients with cardiovascular disease. Complications of permanent pacemaker are preventable if the patients have adequate knowledge regarding its usage, complications ...
Nirmala Rayamajhi, Kalpana Sharma, Narayan Bahadur Mahotra, Basanti Aryal   +3 more
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The effects of pacing mode on development of chronic AF in patients undergoing pacemaker implantation due to AV block : A retrospective study

Medicine Science, 2022
Permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia among elderly patients. Permanent AF may cause thromboembolic events, heart failure, poor quality of life and recurrent hospitalizations.
Rustem Yilmaz, Filiz Akyildiz Akcay, Murat Yesil   +2 more
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Permanent pacemakers in nonagenarians [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1991
Summary We report our experience of 20 patients who have had permanent pacemakers implanted for the first time after the age of 90. The main indications were syncope or presyncope which occurred in 15 patients. Complete heart block was present in 14 patients. Syncopal and presyncopal symptoms were cured in 73%.
J E, Elizabeth, G J, Green
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Incidence of carditis and predictors of pacemaker implantation in patients hospitalized with Lyme disease

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Lyme carditis, defined as direct infection of cardiac tissue by Borrelia bacteria, affects up to 10% of patients with Lyme disease. The most frequently reported clinical manifestation of Lyme carditis is cardiac conduction system disease.
Uwajachukwumma A. Uzomah, Guy Rozen, Seyed Mohammadreza Hosseini, Ayman Shaqdan, Pablo A. Ledesma, Xuejing Yu, Pegah Khaloo, Jennifer Galvin, Leon M. Ptaszek, Jeremy N. Ruskin   +9 more
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Transhepatic venous approach to permanent pacemaker implantation in a patient with no conventional access site

MGM Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Permanent pacemakers are generally done through subclavian venous access. We present a case of transhepatic venous approach to a permanent pacemaker in a patient who had bilateral obstructed subclavian vein and superior vena cava (SVC) secondary to ...
Nitesh Karnire, Pravat K Dash, Nishita C Pujary   +2 more
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Incidence and Severity of Tricuspid Regurgitation after Permanent Pacemaker: Single-Center Cohort in the Philippines

Journal of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, 2020
Background: Tricuspid regurgitation related to permanent pacemaker (PPM) lead can occur in 25-29% of patients compared to individuals who did not undergo such procedure, with symptoms of right heart failure developing from six months to ten years after ...
Erdie Cruz Fadreguilan, Janine Paola T Rangel, Berwyn Viannely F Flores   +2 more
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Patients characteristic, indications, and complications of permanent pacemaker implantation: A prospective single-center study

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2022
Background: Permanent pacemaker implantation is a relatively safe procedure that significantly improves morbidity and mortality among patients with bradyarrhythmias.
Mousa Haji Ahmed
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Risk Factor for Cardiac Permanent Pacemaker Infection

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2019
Background: Cardiac pacemaker infections have increased globally due to increase in demand and lack of adequate knowledge about its significantly contributing risk factors.
Hammad Shah, Mazhar Mehmood, Momin Salahudin, Afrasyab Altaf   +3 more
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Permanent pacemaker implantation after On-X surgical aortic valve replacement: SWEDEHEART observational study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective Bioprosthetic aortic valves with an extended subannular component, such as transcatheter valves, exert increased compression on the cardiac conduction system and increase the risk for permanent pacemaker implantation.
Ulrik Sartipy, Magnus Dalén, Michael Persson, Natalie Glaser   +3 more
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