Why the study?
Does a high burden of right atrial appendage pacing induce atrial dyssynchrony and predict atrial high rate episodes in patients with symptomatic bradycardia?
Population
110 patients implanted with dual-chamber pacemakers for symptomatic bradycardia, mean age 70.5 ± 11 years…
Comparison
High cumulative percentage of right atrial… vs Low cumulative percentage of right atrial…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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High right atrial appendage pacing burden was associated with dyssynchrony and AHREs; hypothesis-generating, requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does a high burden of right atrial appendage pacing induce atrial dyssynchrony and predict atrial high rate episodes in patients with symptomatic bradycardia?
A high burden of right atrial appendage pacing induces atrial dyssynchrony, and reduced atrial pump function strongly predicts the occurrence of atrial high rate episodes within the first year.
Xie et al. (2011) studied this question.
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