- ►onlinejacc.org A Jahangir, WK Shen, SA Neubauer, DJ Ballard, … - Journal of the American …, 1999 - Elsevier We retrospectively reviewed 432 patients (mean age, 84.5 ± 3.9 years) who received their initial
PM (ventricular in 310 and dual chamber in 122) between 1980 and 1992. Follow-up was complete
(3.5 ± 2.6 years). Observed survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Age- ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org M Brunner, M Olschewski, A Geibel, C Bode, … - European heart …, 2004 - Eur Soc Cardiology In 6505 patients we analysed a total of 30 948 years of patient follow-up, median survival was
101.9 months ( 8.5 years), with 44.8% of patients alive after 10 years and 21.4% alive after 20
years. In all subgroups women had a significantly longer survival than men (118 vs 91.7 ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 4 versions
BA Koplan, LM Epstein, CM Albert, WG Stevenson - American Heart Journal, 2006 - Elsevier A total of 348 patients (age, ≥80 years [n = 107]; age, 60-70 years [n = 241]) were included.
Mean follow-up time for the entire cohort was 3.3 ± 2.2 years. Other than the estimated glomerular
filtration rate (eGFR) (58 ± 22 vs 66 ± 22 mL/min) in the ≥80 group versus the 60-to-70 ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - All 20 versions
PA Brady, WK Shen, SA Neubauer, SC Hammill, … - Journal of Interventional …, 1997 - Springer Abstract. Dual-chamber pacing may improve short-term hemodynamics and functional class
in some patients with congestive heart failure, even in the absence of conven- tional indications
for pacemaker implantation. However, the impact of different pacing modes on survival of ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
B Schmidt, M Brunner, M Olschewski, C Hummel, TS … - American Heart Journal, 2003 - Elsevier Today, patients aged ≥80 years account for 32% of all PM implantations. An increasing 5-year
survival after PM implantation to the current rate of 66% was found, compared to 37% and
47% in the previous decades. Based on a mean survival time of 8 years, clinical ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 10 versions
NK Wenger - Geriatric medicine, 1997 - Springer The presentation of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients is complicated by its superimposition
on the physiologic and structural cardiovascular changes of aging. These variables influence
the response of elderly patients both to specific cardiac illnesses and to their therapies. ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 2 versions
C Barbe, F Puisieux, I Jansen, P Dewailly, D … - Journal of the American …, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Apr;50(4):778-80. Improvement of cognitive function after
pacemaker implantation in very old persons with bradycardia. Barbe C, Puisieux F,
Jansen I, Dewailly P, Klug D, Kacet S, DiPompeo C. Publication ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
R Lampert, MD Ezekowitz - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2000 - Elsevier Stroke (cardiovascular accident [CVA]) is the most important complication affecting patients with
AF. In an analysis of 5070 participants in the Framingham study, the incidence of stroke was
increased fivefold in patients with AF. In those with coronary disease or CHF, AF ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov DZ Uslan, IM Tleyjeh, LM Baddour, PA Friedman, SM … - American heart journal, 2008 - Elsevier Adjusted implantation incidence rates increased from 36.6 per 100 000 person-years during
1975 to 1979 to 99 per 100 000 person-years during 2000 to 2004 (P < .0001). After adjusting
for age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.06 per year), male sex (HR 1.28), and implant year (HR 0.98), ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 33 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] SK Suvarna, RD Start, DI Tayler - British Medical Journal, 1999 - jcp.bmj.com Abstract Aim—To audit prospectively the reasons for pacemaker implantation, the duration of
the pacemaker use, the cause of death, and pacemaker function after removal from the
patient. Methods—Pacemakers were removed at necropsy, or from the bodies of patients ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
