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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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Pneumopericardium after Permanent Pacemaker Implantation [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2016
An 87-year-old man presented at the hospital with shortness of breath and syncope. His medical history included ischemic heart disease, emphysema, and hypertension. An electrocardiogram showed complete heart block and nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. A temporary ventricular pacing wire was inserted.
David, Hennessy, Nicholas, McKeag, Michael, Roberts, Daniel, Flannery, Richard, McConville   +4 more
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Six seconds to P wave! Recovered without permanent pacemaker – An enlightening story

IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2020
Severe symptomatic sinus node dysfunction in obstructive jaundice is known but rarely encountered. Sinus bradycardia in these patients has been attributed to the effect of bile salts on sino-atrial node.
Shishir Soni, Dibbendhu Khanra, Bhanu Duggal   +2 more
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Construction of an upper limb exercise program after permanent pacemaker implantation

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ObjectiveTo construct an upper limb exercise program after permanent pacemaker implantation,providing reference for early exercise rehabilitation.MethodsLiterature on upper limb exercise intervention after permanent pacemaker implantation were searched ...
ZHENG Linlin, SONG Jianping, FENG Jia, CHEN Hailian, ZOU Shuang   +4 more
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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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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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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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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 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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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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