Effect of the number of ventricular leads on right ventricular hemodynamics in patients with permanent pacemaker. 1995

N Postaci, and K Ekşi, and S Bayata, and M Yeşil
Cardiology Department, Izmir State Hospital, Turkey.

During pacemaker replacement most of the old leads are not suitable for recent needs or may show signs of dysfunction. These leads are difficult to extract and are therefore left-in situ. In this study 32 patients with one ventricular lead (Group I) were compared echocardiographically with 18 patients with two ventricular leads (Group II) in regard to their right ventricular (RV) hemodynamics. Mean age of the patients in each group was sixty-one years. Patients were evaluated echocardiographically after two years of lead implantation. Two groups were compared for right atrial (RA) area, RA and RV diameters, tricuspid insufficiency (TI), and intravascular and intracardiac thrombosis. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of RA and RV diameters, RA area, and venous and intracardiac thrombosis. In group I, 15 patients with (46.9%) grade I, 14 (43.7%) with grade II, and 3 (9.4%) with grade III TI were detected. In group II 2 patients (11.1%) with grade I, 6 (33.3%) with grade II, and 10 (55.6%) with grade III TI were detected. In conclusion, the incidence of TI was more frequent and of higher degree in group II than in group I, but this finding was hemodynamically insignificant.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010138 Pacemaker, Artificial A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external). Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial,Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker,Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers,Artificial Pacemaker,Artificial Pacemakers,Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac,Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D005260 Female Females
D006325 Heart Atria The chambers of the heart, to which the BLOOD returns from the circulation. Heart Atrium,Left Atrium,Right Atrium,Atria, Heart,Atrium, Heart,Atrium, Left,Atrium, Right
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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