Heart Transplantation Requiring Permanent Pacemaker: Risk Factors and Outcomes
Michael Keller, Ye In Christopher Kwon, Yashar Haghighi, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Zubair Hashmi · 2026
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Michael Keller and co-authors studied pacemaker need after heart transplantation in a 2026 paper. Some transplant patients need a permanent pacemaker early, before leaving hospital, or late, months after surgery. The team mined the national United Network for Organ Sharing database for adult transplants from 2013 to 2023. Matched comparison groups were built so pacemaker patients could be judged fairly.
After matching, the early pacemaker group held 354 patients and the late group 554. Survival at 30 days, one year, and five years served as the main outcomes. The team also hunted for traits that predict who will need a device and who fares poorly afterward. Knowing these patterns helps transplant teams counsel patients and plan follow-up for a lasting extra procedure.
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| CREATOR | Michael Keller, Ye In Christopher Kwon, Yashar Haghighi, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Zubair Hashmi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26510 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |