Why the study?
Does chronic right ventricular apical pacing induce detrimental ventricular remodeling and reduce exercise capacity in adults with congenital complete heart block compared to healthy controls?
Population
23 adults with complete congenital atrioventricular block, mean age 24+/-3 years, with a DDD transvenous…
Comparison
Chronic right ventricular apical pacing for at… vs 30 matched healthy control subjects, and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10+/-3 years
Authors
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Long-term RVP may reduce exercise capacity in CCAVB; hypothesis-generating for alternative pacing strategies in this population.
Does chronic right ventricular apical pacing induce detrimental ventricular remodeling and reduce exercise capacity in adults with congenital complete heart block compared to healthy controls?
Prolonged right ventricular apical pacing in adults with congenital complete heart block is associated with significant left ventricular dyssynchrony, adverse remodeling, and reduced exercise capacity.
Thambo et al. (2004) studied this question.