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Table 2 Patients who underwent implantation of permanent pacemaker after RFCA

From: Long-term clinical outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation predisposing to tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome: a long pause predicts implantation of a permanent pacemaker

No.

Age (years)

Sex

Longest pause (seconds)

LA size (mm)

CHA2DS2 –VASc score

Trigger

AAD or NB after ablation

AF recur

Symptom after ablation

PM indication

Pause after ablation (seconds)

Time interval from RFCA to PM (days)

PM mode

1

71

M

10.1

39.5

1

None

None

recur

dizziness

SP

4.2

2422

DDD

2

60

F

5.2

49.5

1

None

None

SR

dizziness

SP

5.1

14

DDDR

3

67

M

12.8

37.8

1

LSPV

None

SR

syncope

SP

5.2

7

DDDR

4

49

F

13.6

47.9

1

SVC

None

SR

syncope

SP

8.5

70

DDDR

5

59

M

6.3

40.7

1

LSPV

None

SR

dizziness

SP

7.2

566

DDDR

6

52

F

6.9

36.0

2

SVC

None

recur

dizziness

SP

5.3

1504

DDDR

7

58

F

3.4

43.3

2

LSPV

None

SR

dizziness

SP

7.0

1269

DDDR

8

70

M

8.2

43.1

2

LSPV

None

SR

dizziness

SP

6.8

27

DDDR

9

61

F

7.2

60.8

2

None

None

SR

dizziness

SP

6.8

1126

DDDR

10

70

F

9.8

32.2

3

SVC

None

SR

dizziness

SP

5.2

51

DDDR

11

69

F

3.1

39.7

3

None

None

SR

dizziness

SP

4.7

250

DDDR

  1. No. patients number, M male, F female, RFCA radiofrequency catheter ablation, PM pacemaker, AAD anti-arrhythmic drug, NB nodal blocker, SR sinus rhythm, AF atrial fibrillation, SP sinus pause