Pacemaker reprogramming rarely needed after device replacement
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F19%3A43915607" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/19:43915607 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-017-4627-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-017-4627-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00059-017-4627-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00059-017-4627-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pacemaker reprogramming rarely needed after device replacement
Original language description
BACKGROUND: Most outpatient follow-ups after pacemaker implantation do not involve changes in the device settings. Moreover, the need for pacemaker reprogramming declines with time after implantation. Currently, data on the need for changes in pacemaker set-up after replacement owing to battery depletion are lacking. The aim of this study was to determine the rates of pacemaker reprogramming in this patient group. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed using the files of 217 patients who had undergone pacemaker replacement between 2002 and 2005. The data of 1,407 outpatient follow-up visits between 2002 and 2015 were analyzed. Scheduled and unscheduled visits were marked as visits with "action" or visits "without action", depending on whether pacemaker programming was or was not performed, respectively. RESULTS: Pacemaker programming was performed in only 53 (4%) of the 1,234 scheduled visits and in 44 (25%) of 173 unscheduled visits. Thus, only 97 (7%) of 1,407 visits involved changes in device settings. Of these visits, 446 occurred in the first year after device replacement. The rate of unscheduled visits in the first year was higher (17%) than during the overall period (12%), but the rate of visits involving action was the same: 6% (26 of 446, first year) compared with 7% (97 of 1,407). CONCLUSION: The vast majority of outpatient visits after pacemaker replacement do not involve subsequent device reprogramming during follow-up. This suggests the potential benefit of remote follow-up for these patients.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Herz
ISSN
0340-9937
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
44
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
56-59
UT code for WoS article
000458187100011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85030119762