Why the study?
What are the incidence and predictors of heart failure hospitalization and death in patients receiving permanent pacemakers?
Population
490 consecutive patients who underwent single- or dual-chamber pacemaker implantation with a standard…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
27 ± 21 months
Authors
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LBBB and LVEF <50% may flag PPM patients for closer HF surveillance; hypothesis-generating for targeted pacing or monitoring trials.
What are the incidence and predictors of heart failure hospitalization and death in patients receiving permanent pacemakers?
In patients receiving permanent pacemakers with LVEF >35% and no prior HF, 7% developed new-onset HF over medium-term follow-up, with baseline LBBB and LVEF <50% being strong independent predictors.
Mazza et al. (2013) studied this question.
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