Why the study?
Do transthoracic pacemakers improve survival compared to transvenous pacemakers in patients with complete heart block?
Population
rI9 patients (131 implantable units) with complete heart block
Comparison
Transthoracic pacemakers vs Transvenous pacemakers
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Transthoracic pacing was associated with higher survival; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice in complete heart block.
Do transthoracic pacemakers improve survival compared to transvenous pacemakers in patients with complete heart block?
In this early clinical experience, transthoracic pacemakers were associated with a higher one-year survival rate than transvenous pacemakers, though both systems had frequent hardware-related complications.
Goldstein et al. (1970) studied this question.
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