Open AccessAssociation between hospital procedure volume and early complications after pacemaker implantation: results from a large, unselected, contemporary cohort of the German nationwide obligatory external quality assurance programme
Author(s) -
Bernd Nowak,
K. Tasche,
Linda Barnewold,
Gillian Z. Heller,
Boris Schmidt,
Stefano Bordig,
K.R. Julian Chun,
Alexander Fürnkranz,
Rajendra H. Mehta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euv003
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , confidence interval , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , fluoroscopy , pericardial effusion , lead (geology) , complication , surgery , cardiology , heart failure , ejection fraction , geomorphology , geology
Several studies demonstrated an inverse relationship between cardioverter-defibrillator implantation volume and complication rates, suggesting better outcomes for higher volume centres. However, the association of institutional procedural volume with patient outcomes for permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation remains less known, especially in decentralized implantation systems.
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