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Table 1 Characteristics of 342 pacemaker patients

From: Living with a pacemaker: patient-reported outcome of a pacemaker system

Variable

n

Number of patients

342

Median age (years)

77.6 (IQR 70.4–84.2)

Males

195 (57.0%)

Pacemaker type

 

DDD

262 (76.6%)

VVI

51 (14.9%)

AAI

7 (2%)

CRT-P

22 (6.4%)

Number of procedures

 

1

229 (67.0%)

2

67 (19.6%)

3

29 (8.5%)

4

15 (4.4%)

5

1 (0.3%)

6

1 (0.3%)

Complications requiring reintervention

 

Lead malfunction

40 (11.7%)

Pocket correction

10 (2.9%)

Perforation

5 (1.5%)

Extraction

9 (2.6%)

Exploration unipolar lead

1 (0.3%)

Body-mass index (kg/m2)

 

< 20

11 (3.3%)

20–25

119 (35.7%)

25–30

130 (39%)

> 30

73 (21.9%)