Patients with sick sinus syndrome (SSS) and implantation of permanent
pace maker (PPM) have complications that prevalence of them are
depended to type of PPM. Evaluation of these complications is the goal of
this study .
File of 83 patients with SSS who experinced implantation of VVI mode
PPM during 17 years in Tehran’s Shahid Rejaei heart hospital have been
considered for these complications.
Cardiomegaly 37.75% , congestive heart failure 10.84% , chronic atrial
fibrilation 30.12% , atrial flutter 3.61% , systemic emboli 4.81% and
atrioventricular block (31.32%) have been observed.
The results showed more complications in VVI mode PPM.
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