Key result
Long-term cardiac pacing in patients with complete A-V block resulted in a 1-year survival rate of 85% and a 4-year survival rate of 71%.
Why the study?
Does long-term cardiac pacing improve survival in patients with complete atrioventricular block?
Population
59 patients with complete atrioventricular block, mean age 50.2 years, 34 men and 25 women. Indications…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 years
Authors
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May inform pacing decisions in complete AV block; leaves open need for randomized survival comparisons.
Cohort (n=59)
No
Does long-term cardiac pacing improve survival in patients with complete atrioventricular block?
Long-term cardiac pacing in patients with complete A-V block yields a 4-year survival rate of 71%, with higher mortality observed in patients over 70 years old.
Yokoyama et al. (1976) conducted a cohort in Complete atrioventricular (A-V) block (n=59). Long-term cardiac pacing (pacemaker implantation) vs. Unpaced patients (historical) was evaluated on 4-year survival rate. Long-term cardiac pacing in patients with complete A-V block resulted in a 1-year survival rate of 85% and a 4-year survival rate of 71%.
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