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Individualised quality of life after pacing. Does mode matter?

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Dr Pat McCue, Dr Rodney Bexton, Dr Janet McComb

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Abstract

Aims To examine the hypothesis that atrial based pacing improves Quality of Life (QoL) after pacing by undertaking a detailed QoL evaluation that includes an individualised assessment as well as disease specific evaluation. Methods Prospective study of patients randomised to VVI(R) or atrial. based pacing modes using the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual QoL (SEIQoL), the 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Short-form General Health Survey (SF36), and a modified version of the Karolinska Cardiovascular Symptomatology Questionnaire (KCSQ). Results Seventy-three patients completed the two-year follow up of the study. Pacing improved SEIQoL scores, cardiovascular symptoms and the physical role limitation, social limitation and mental health domains of SF36 from baseline to one month. Pacing mode had no effect on QoL the major determinants of which were baseline QoL and a history of coronary artery disease. Conclusion Atrial. based pacing does not improve QoL in the two years after pacing when compared with VVI(R) pacing.

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Author(s): Gribbin GM, Kenny RA, McCue P, Toff WD, Bexton RS, McComb JM

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Europace

Year: 2004

Volume: 6

Issue: 6

Pages: 552-560

ISSN (print): 1099-5129

ISSN (electronic): 1532-2092

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eupc.2004.07.011

DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.07.011

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