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Complications after Single versus Dual Chamber Pacemaker Implantation
Author(s) -
MUELLER XAVIER,
SADEGHI HOSSEIN,
KAPPENBERGER LUKAS
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02095.x
Subject(s) - medicine , single chamber , lead (geology) , complication , cardiology , surgery , anesthesia , geomorphology , geology
To compare the complication rate in patients having a dual chamber versus a single chamber pacing system, 337 consecutive procedures performed during a 3‐year period were analyzed prospectively. Two hundred fifty‐eight patients (77%) received a VVI pacemaker and 75 (23%) a DDD unit. Thirteen VVI (5%) and 4 DDD (5.3%) needed reintervention. Lead displacement with reoperation was required for three ventricular leads (1%) and one atrial lead (1.3%). Infection occurred in two WI units (0.77%) and one DDD (1.33%) unit. Muscular stimulation was noticed among three DDD (4%) and nine VVI systems (3.5%). Urgent reprogramming was needed for 23 VVI (9%) and six DDD units (8%). There was no increase in complications with dual chamber pacing compared to single chamber systems.