May 16, 2006Circulation300 citationsOpen Access
Transvenous Pacing Leads and Systemic Thromboemboli in Patients With Intracardiac Shunts
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Structured PICO
Do transvenous pacing leads increase the risk of systemic thromboemboli in patients with intracardiac shunts?
P
Population
Patients with intracardiac shunts
I
Intervention
Transvenous pacing leads
O
Outcome
Systemic thromboembolihard clinical
In patients with intracardiac shunts, the use of transvenous pacing leads is associated with a >2-fold increased risk of systemic thromboemboli.
Abstract
Transvenous leads incur a >2-fold increased risk of systemic thromboemboli in patients with intracardiac shunts.
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Khairy et al. (2006) studied this question.