Why the study?
Is epicardial pacer lead implantation using local anaesthesia safe and effective for long-term cardiac pacing in patients with symptomatic heart block?
Population
40 patients with symptomatic heart block requiring long-term cardiac pacing
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
6–19 months
Authors
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May support epicardial pacing under local anesthesia in heart block; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Is epicardial pacer lead implantation using local anaesthesia safe and effective for long-term cardiac pacing in patients with symptomatic heart block?
Epicardial pacer lead implantation using local anaesthesia, particularly on the left ventricle, provides effective long-term pacing for symptomatic heart block.
Guharay et al. (1974) studied this question.
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