TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term mortality and pacing outcomes of patients with permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery
AU - Raza, Syed S.
AU - Li, Jian Ming
AU - John, Ranjit
AU - Chen, Lin Y.
AU - Tholakanahalli, Venkatakrishna N.
AU - Mbai, MacKenzie
AU - Adabag, A. Selcuk
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing and mortality outcomes and the temporal trends of these patients. Methods: We examined 6,268 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center between 1987 and 2010. Patients who had a PPM within 30 days of cardiac surgery were identified. Pacemaker interrogation records were retrospectively reviewed and mortality was ascertained. Results: Overall, 141 (2.2%) patients underwent PPM implantation for high-degree AV block (55%) and bradycardia (45%), 9 ± 6 days after surgery. Age, diuretic use, cardiopulmonary bypass time (CPBT), and valve surgery were independent predictors of PPM requirement. After 5.6 ± 4.2 years of follow-up, 40% of the patients were PPM dependent. Longer CPBT (P = 0.03), PR interval >200 ms (P = 0.03), and QRS interval > 120 ms (P = 0.04) on baseline electrocardiogram predicted PPM dependency. In univariable analysis, PPM patients had a higher long-term mortality than those without PPM (45% vs 36%; P = 0.02). However, after adjusting for age, sex, type of surgery, and CPBT, PPM requirement was not associated with long-term mortality (hazard ratio 1.3; 95% confidence interval 0.9-1.9; P = 0.17). Compared to before, incidence of PPM implantation increased after the year 2000 (1.9% vs 2.6%; P = 0.04). Conclusion: The majority of patients who require PPM after cardiac surgery are not PPM dependent in the long term. Requiring a PPM after surgery is not associated with long-term mortality after adjustment for patient-related risk factors and cardiac surgical procedure. (PACE 2011; 34:331-338)
AB - Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing and mortality outcomes and the temporal trends of these patients. Methods: We examined 6,268 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center between 1987 and 2010. Patients who had a PPM within 30 days of cardiac surgery were identified. Pacemaker interrogation records were retrospectively reviewed and mortality was ascertained. Results: Overall, 141 (2.2%) patients underwent PPM implantation for high-degree AV block (55%) and bradycardia (45%), 9 ± 6 days after surgery. Age, diuretic use, cardiopulmonary bypass time (CPBT), and valve surgery were independent predictors of PPM requirement. After 5.6 ± 4.2 years of follow-up, 40% of the patients were PPM dependent. Longer CPBT (P = 0.03), PR interval >200 ms (P = 0.03), and QRS interval > 120 ms (P = 0.04) on baseline electrocardiogram predicted PPM dependency. In univariable analysis, PPM patients had a higher long-term mortality than those without PPM (45% vs 36%; P = 0.02). However, after adjusting for age, sex, type of surgery, and CPBT, PPM requirement was not associated with long-term mortality (hazard ratio 1.3; 95% confidence interval 0.9-1.9; P = 0.17). Compared to before, incidence of PPM implantation increased after the year 2000 (1.9% vs 2.6%; P = 0.04). Conclusion: The majority of patients who require PPM after cardiac surgery are not PPM dependent in the long term. Requiring a PPM after surgery is not associated with long-term mortality after adjustment for patient-related risk factors and cardiac surgical procedure. (PACE 2011; 34:331-338)
KW - cardiac surgery
KW - mortality
KW - outcomes
KW - pacemaker
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02972.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02972.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21208223
AN - SCOPUS:79952462050
SN - 0147-8389
VL - 34
SP - 331
EP - 338
JO - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
JF - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
IS - 3
ER -