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    Pacemaker treatment after Fontan surgery—A Swedish national study

    Jenny Alenius Dahlqvist1, Jan Sunnegårdh2, Katarina Hanséus3, Eva Strömvall Larsson2, Anders Nygren2, Magnus Dalén4,5, Håkan Berggren6, Jens Johansson Ramgren7, Urban Wiklund8, Annika Rydberg1

    Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 582-589, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12766

    Abstract Objective: Fontan surgery is performed in children with univentricular heart defects. Previous data regarding permanent pacemaker implantation frequency and indica‐ tions in Fontan patients are limited and conflicting. We examined the prevalence of and risk factors for pacemaker treatment in a consecutive national cohort of patients after Fontan surgery in Sweden.
    Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all Swedish patients who underwent Fontan surgery from 1982 to 2017 (n = 599).
    Results: After a mean follow‐up of 12.2 years, 13% (78/599) of the patients with Fontan circulation had received pacemakers. Patients operated with the extracardiac conduit (EC) type of total… More >

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