Safety and feasibility of implanted pacemaker in elderly patients
FANG Zhe
ZHOU Yu-jie
HU Yu-yang
SHI Dong-mei
HU Bin
YANG Shi-wei
JIA De-an
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the safety and feasibility of implanted pacemaker in elderly patients.Methods From January 2009 to December 2011,a total of 256 cases of primary implanted pacemaker patients were enrolled.According to the age of the defined standards,256 patients were divided into 2 groups:108 cases in old group and 148 patients in young group.Threshold value,perception perioperative and postoperative,puncture complications,electrode dislocation,infection and complications were observed.Results Gender,diabetes,body mass index,atrial pacemaker threshold value and perception,ventricular pacemaker threshold value and perception had no significant differences between 2 groups.The age and the patients with lung diseases in old group were obviously more than those in young group[(84 ±9)old years vs (68 ±7) old years,63.9％ (69/108) vs 10.1％ (15/148),all P ＜ 0.05].The patients with complications in two groups were 13 cases,including 6 cases of young group and 7 cases of old group.The complications associated with implanted pacemaker was 2 cases in young group and 3 cases in old group.The electrode wire related complications included 1 case in each group,and pacemaker related complications were 3 cases in each group; there was no significant differences between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Implanted pacemaker in elderly patients is safe and feasible,but we should understand the characteristics of the elderly patients and pay attention to perioperative and postoperative management.
Keywords：PacemakerElderPocket infection
Publication Date：2013-06-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 767-769 )