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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 69, 895-904, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Complications of permanent transvenous cardiac pacing

FM Grogler, G Frank, G Greven, D Dragojevic, H Oelert, K Leitz, H Dalichau, U Brinke, D Lohlein, D Rogge, R Hetzer, G Hennersdorf and HG Borst

Clinical experience with permanent transvenous pacing during a 6 year period at Hannover Medical School is presented. A total of 1,376 pacemaker operations were performed in 799 patients, with a mortality rate of 1.1 per cent. The most common complications were premature battery failure, dislocation of endocardial electrodes, infections of the generator and/or electrodes, and skin ulcerations. In our cumulative follow-up period of 1,225 years, a complication necessitating a reoperation is to be expected after an average function- time of 31 months. Including normal battery exhaustion in this calculation will make reoperation necessary every 21.9 months.

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