Incidence and predictors of heart failure hospitalization and death in permanent pacemaker patients: a single-centre experience over medium-term follow-up
Open Access
- 26 February 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in EP Europace
- Vol. 15 (9), 1267-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eut041
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and clinical predictors of the development of new-onset heart failure (HF) over medium-term follow-up, in patients treated with permanent pacing in daily clinical practice. We retrospectively enrolled all consecutive patients who underwent single- or dual-chamber pacemaker implantation at the study centre. Patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% or a prior diagnosis of HF were excluded. Ventricular leads were routinely implanted in the right apex. Pacemakers were implanted in 490 patients with a standard pacemaker indication and LVEF >35%. Left bundle-branch block (LBBB) was reported in 30 (8%) patients, and an LVEF P = 0.033) and LVEF P = 0.002) were confirmed as independent predictors of HF death or hospitalization. Patients with LVEF P<0.001). The majority of patients with a standard indication for permanent pacing and normal LV function remained in a clinically stable condition after pacemaker implantation. However, ∼7% of patients developed new-onset HF over a period of follow-up of 27 months, and the presence of LBBB and LVEF <50% at the baseline predicted HF death or hospitalization.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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