Sex Differences and Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Pacemakers.

Evidence of sex-related differences in patients with pacemakers regarding comorbidities is insufficiently investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of cardiovascular comorbidities and sex category with properties of pacemaker implantation, pacemaker follow-up, and long-term survival. This retrospective, single-center cohort study consisted of 6,362 pacemaker-patients (39.

Possible risks due to exposure of workers and patients with implants by TETRA transmitters.

Several studies have demonstrated that mobile telephones that use different technologies, such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) or Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), have the potential to influence the functionality of active electronic implants, including cardiac pacemakers. According to these studies, a few safety measures, such as maintaining minimum distances of 25 cm between implants and transmitters, are sufficient to avoid such effects. Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) has become a well-established communication standard in many countries, including Germany and Austria.

Compromising bradycardia: management in the emergency department.

Aim Of The Study: Bradycardia may represent a serious emergency. The need for temporary and permanent pacing is unknown.

Methods: We analysed a registry for the incidence, symptoms, presenting rhythm, underlying mechanism, management and outcome of patients presenting with compromising bradycardia to the emergency department of a university hospital retrospectively during a 10-year period.

Interference of programmed electromagnetic stimulation with pacemakers and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

A commercially available magnetic therapy system, designed for clinical application as well as for private use without medical supervision, was examined with respect to its potential for causing electromagnetic interference with implantable pacemakers (PMs) and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (AICDs). A sample of 15 PMs and 5 AICDs were experimentally investigated. Each of the implants was realistically positioned in a homogeneous, electrically passive torso phantom and exposed to the magnetic fields of the system's applicators (whole body mat, cushion, and bar applicator).

Natriuretic peptides and the prevalence of congestive heart failure in patients with pacemakers.

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the diagnostic potential of natriuretic cardiac peptide measurement in the context of left ventricular dysfunction and comorbidities in a pacemaker population.

Material And Methods: Ninety-five consecutive patients with pacemakers were included in the study. All patients underwent echocardiography and were asked to complete the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ).