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100 consecutive patients who underwent permanent pacemaker implantation in Nigeria from 1999, 93.0% female…
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May inform pacemaker strategies in understudied African populations; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter guidelines.
In a Nigerian cohort, the vast majority of patients requiring pacemakers were female and had third-degree heart block, which was effectively managed with single lead ventricular pacing.
Thomas et al. (2007) studied this question.
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