Background: Conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after heart surgery occur in about 1.5% of patients. Early pacemaker implantation may reduce morbidity and ...
BACKGROUND: A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that prevents the heart from beating too slowly. Surgery is needed to get a pacemaker and the device is placed under the skin near the ...
Although we expect these patients to be representative ... for conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery include those with preexisting LBBB, and ...