July 20, 1974BMJOpen Access

Ten-year survey of treatment with implanted cardiac pacemaker.

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Population

372 patients requiring long-term cardiac pacing, mean age 66, 64% male, single-center. Key indications…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

Up to 10 years

Authors

ESE SowtonGuy's Hospital GHG HendrixAmerican College of Cardiology PRP. RoyConcord Repatriation General Hospital

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Implication

May support pacing for heart block syncope; leaves open applicability to modern devices and populations.

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Population

372 patients requiring long-term cardiac pacing, mean age 66, 64% male, single-center (UK). Key indications: syncopal episodes (78%), dizziness/near-syncope (8%), heart failure with bradycardia, and tachycardia/bradycardia syndrome.

Intervention

Implanted cardiac pacemakers (fixed-rate or demand/ventricular-inhibited), primarily via transvenous approach (90% initially).

Outcome

Clinical results including symptom control, pacemaker reliability (generator lifetimes), and complications over a 10-year period.

This historical 10-year survey demonstrates that early implanted cardiac pacemakers were highly effective at eliminating syncopal attacks in heart block patients, with acceptable device reliability and low mortality.

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Sowton et al. (1974) studied this question.

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Heart failure HFrEF treatment

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Ten-year survey of treatment with implanted cardiac pacemaker.

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Ten-year survey of treatment with implanted cardiac pacemaker.

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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