Are elderly patients at increased risk of complications following pacemaker implantation? A meta-analysis of randomized trials

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-134

  Armaganijan, Luciana V ^a   Toff, William D ^b   Nielsen, Jens C ^c   Andersen, Henning R ^c   Connolly, Stuart J ^d   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^e   Healey, Jeff S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; elderly; permanent pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPLICATION; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PERFORATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84856732096     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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