Left axillary implantation of loop recorder.

Background: We compared the clinical course of 10 patients who received an implantable loop recorder (ILR) at a traditional site with 11 patients whose ILRs were implanted via a subpectoral site via a left axillary approach without complications.

Methods And Results: R-wave amplitude was determined at implantation and during follow-up. Each patient was followed after 7 days to optimize device setting and then at 1 and 3 months.

Early mobilization after pacemaker implantation.

Background: There are no international guidelines indicating how long a patient should stay strictly in bed after pacemaker implantation. In the present study, we tested a new protocol concerning the mobilization of patients 3 h after receiving a single or a dual-chamber pacemaker.

Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent single or dual-chamber pacemaker implantation were randomized to a 3 or 24 h immobilization protocol.