Permanent pacing is a risk factor for the development of heart failure

No previous study has examined the importance of right ventricular pacing as a risk factor for the development of heart failure (HF) in subjects without a history of HF. A cohort study of patients who underwent initial pacemaker implantation (n = 11,426) was conducted to test the hypothesis that pat...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2005-03, Vol.95 (4), p.671
Main Authors: Freudenberger, Ronald S, Wilson, Alan C, Lawrence-Nelson, Janet, Hare, Joshua M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Heart failure
Risk factors
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Summary:No previous study has examined the importance of right ventricular pacing as a risk factor for the development of heart failure (HF) in subjects without a history of HF. A cohort study of patients who underwent initial pacemaker implantation (n = 11,426) was conducted to test the hypothesis that patients with ventricular dyssynchrony created by permanent pacing would develop HF, as shown by new HF hospitalizations or HF-related deaths, at a higher rate than matched controls. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913