RT-241
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Is there a gender-difference in
pacemaker implantations?
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Heinz S. Weber, Peter Kaindl,
Harald Prohaska, Franz Sellner.
5th Medical Dptm. and Surgical Dptm., Kaiser Franz Josef Spital, Vienna, Austria
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Patients and methods
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Between Jan. 1982 and Nov. 1997 1315 pacemakers were
implanted in 1153 patients (1-4 PM-devices, m 1.3). The mean age of the 573 (49.6%) women
was between 19-96 y (m 76.8 ± 9.4 y) and ranged from 22-97 y (m 74.3 ± 10.3 y) in the
580 men (50.4%) (not significant).
Data were collected prior PM-implantation, prior discharge and also during follow-up
controls with using the European Pacemaker Patient Identification Card. Data were stored
in a database and analysed using several statistical methods to test for significance of
the differences between several cohorts.
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