Óscar Cano Pérez1, Marta Pombo Jiménez2, María Luisa Fidalgo Andrés3, Diego Lorente Carreño4, Raúl Coma Samartín5. 1. Sección de Estimulación Cardiaca, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: cano_osc@gva.es. 2. Sección de Estimulación Cardiaca, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Estimulación, Agencia Pública Empresarial Sanitaria Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain. 3. Sección de Estimulación Cardiaca, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain. 4. Sección de Estimulación Cardiaca, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital San Pedro, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. 5. Sección de Estimulación Cardiaca, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Cuidados Críticos Cardiológicos, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: This report describes the results of analysis of implanted pacemakers reported to the Spanish Pacemaker Registry. METHODS: The analysis was based on information provided by the European Pacemaker Identification Card. RESULTS: Information was received from 115 hospitals, with a total of 12 697 cards, representing 32.3% of the estimated activity. Use of conventional and resynchronization pacemakers was 818 and 79 units per million inhabitants, respectively. A total of 200 leadless pacemakers were implanted. The mean age of the patients receiving an implant was 77.8 years, and 52% of devices were implanted in persons older than 80 years. In all, 74.9% were first implants and 23.4% corresponded to generator exchange. Endocardial leads were bipolar, 82.9% with active fixation, and 16.1% had magnetic resonance imaging protection. Most patients received bicameral sequential pacing, although single chamber pacing VVI(R) was used in 26.7% of the patients with sick sinus syndrome and in 23.8% of those with atrioventricular block, despite sinus rhythm. CONCLUSIONS: Total use of pacemaker generators in Spain has increased by 1.6% compared with 2015. Most implanted leads have active fixation and less than 20% have magnetic resonance imaging protection. Age and sex directly influenced pacing mode selection, which could be improved in around 32% of patients.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: This report describes the results of analysis of implanted pacemakers reported to the Spanish Pacemaker Registry. METHODS: The analysis was based on information provided by the European Pacemaker Identification Card. RESULTS: Information was received from 115 hospitals, with a total of 12 697 cards, representing 32.3% of the estimated activity. Use of conventional and resynchronization pacemakers was 818 and 79 units per million inhabitants, respectively. A total of 200 leadless pacemakers were implanted. The mean age of the patients receiving an implant was 77.8 years, and 52% of devices were implanted in persons older than 80 years. In all, 74.9% were first implants and 23.4% corresponded to generator exchange. Endocardial leads were bipolar, 82.9% with active fixation, and 16.1% had magnetic resonance imaging protection. Most patients received bicameral sequential pacing, although single chamber pacing VVI(R) was used in 26.7% of the patients with sick sinus syndrome and in 23.8% of those with atrioventricular block, despite sinus rhythm. CONCLUSIONS: Total use of pacemaker generators in Spain has increased by 1.6% compared with 2015. Most implanted leads have active fixation and less than 20% have magnetic resonance imaging protection. Age and sex directly influenced pacing mode selection, which could be improved in around 32% of patients.
Authors: Javier Higueras; Carmen Olmos; Julián Palacios-Rubio; Juan Carlos Gómez-Polo; Pedro Martínez-Losas; Virginia Ruiz-Pizarro; Ramón Bover; Julián Pérez-Villacastín Journal: Cardiol J Date: 2018-08-29 Impact factor: 2.737