Evolution of Tined Leadless Pacemaker Implantation: Patient Selection, Implant Volume, Center Characteristics, and Safety Trends.

Jonathan P Piccini¹, Lucas Higuera², Yunshu Yang², George Crossley³, Mikhael F El-Chami⁴

¹Duke University Medical Center & Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA,. Electronic address: jonathan.piccini@duke.edu.

²Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA.

³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: As leadless pacing approaches a decade in clinical practice, we sought to assess how device complications have changed over time, and how variations in patient, implanter volume, and facility characteristics are associated with these changes. OBJECTIVE: To examine rates of cardiac perforations after leadless pacemaker implantation over time, and the associations between patient, impla…

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