Placement Of Cardiac PacemaKEr Trial (POCKET) - rationale and design: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A pacemaker system consists of one or two leads connected to a device that is implanted into a pocket formed just below the collarbone. This pocket is typically subcutaneous, that is, located just above the pectoral fascia. Even though the size of pacemakers has decreased markedly, complications due to superficial implants do occur. An alternative technique would be intramuscular placement of the pacemaker device, but there are no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support this approach, which is the rationale for the Placement Of Cardiac PacemaKEr Trial (POCKET). The aim is to study if intramuscular is superior to subcutaneous placement of a pacemaker pocket.

Methods

In October 2016, we started to enroll 200 consecutive patients with an indication for bradyca

SUBMITTER: Magnusson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5421194 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature