Short term outcomes with dual chamber versus single chamber pacing for atrioventricular block - A crossover trial

Ragavendra Chanthanamuthu; Sakthivel Ramasamy; Ashish Jain; Avinash Anantharaj; Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai; Santhosh Satheesh; Raja J Selvaraj

doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2022.06.003

Short term outcomes with dual chamber versus single chamber pacing for atrioventricular block - A crossover trial

Indian Heart J. 2022 Jul-Aug;74(4):335-337. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Authors

Ragavendra Chanthanamuthu¹, Sakthivel Ramasamy¹, Ashish Jain¹, Avinash Anantharaj¹, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai¹, Santhosh Satheesh¹, Raja J Selvaraj²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
² Department of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

A total of 42 patients were studied for primary outcomes of quality of life and 6MWD between VVIR and DDD modes. At end of 2 months after device implantation, randomization was done and the device was programmed to VVIR or DDD modes. At the end of 2 months in this mode QOL and functional was assessed and the patient was switched to other mode. The same protocol was followed at the end of 2 months. We found no difference in functional capacity and quality of life between the two pacing modes. None of the patients developed pacemaker syndrome and there was no preference for any of the modes.

Keywords: Complete heart block; Mode selection; Pacemaker.

MeSH terms

Atrioventricular Block* / etiology
Atrioventricular Block* / therapy
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods
Cross-Over Studies
Humans
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Quality of Life