Patient characteristics, predictors and outcome of pacemaker patients upgraded to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Samuel H BaldingerDésirée BurrenFabian NotiHelge ServatiusJens SeilerAntonio MadaffariBabken AsatryanHildegard TannerTobias ReichlinAndreas HaeberlinLaurent Roten

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2024)

One of 20 ICD implantations are upgrade of patients with a PM. At least one of 30 PM patients will require an ICD upgrade in the following 10 years. Predictors for ICD upgrade are male sex and lower LVEF at PM implantation. Upgraded patients have worse outcomes.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
type diabetes
particulate matter
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance