Temporal Trends of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Implantations: a Nationwide Population-based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), including permanent pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, has increased significantly over the past several years. However, limited data exists regarding temporal trends of CIED implantations in Asian population. This study aimed to investigate temporal trends of CIED treatment in Korea.

Methods

Using the National Health Insurance Service database of the entire Korean adult population, temporal trends of CIED procedures between 2009 and 2016 were evaluated. Additionally, temporal changes in the prevalence of patients' comorbidities were evaluated.

Results

A total of 35,421 CIED procedures (new implantat

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature