1. Incidence, predictors and outcomes of hematoma after ICD implantation: An analysis of a nationwide database of 85,276 patients
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Arun Raghav Mahankali Sridhar, Vivek Yarlagadda, Arun Kanmanthareddy, Sravanthi Parasa, Ryan Maybrook, Buddhadeb Dawn, Yeruva Madhu Reddy, and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
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Pocket hematoma ,Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ,CRT-D ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Background: Pocket hematoma is one of the most common complications following cardiac device implantation. This study examined the impact of this complication on in-hospital outcomes following Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Methods: Data from Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2010 was queried to identify all primary implantations of ICDs and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-D) during the year 2010 using ICD-9 codes. We then identified the patients who experienced a procedure related hematoma during the hospital stay. We compared the outcomes of the patients with and without a hematoma complication. All analyses were performed using SPSS 20 complex samples using appropriate weights to adjust for the complex sampling design of the national database. Results: Out of a total of 85,276 primary ICD implantations in the year 2010, 2233 (2.6% of the implantations) were complicated by a hematoma. Increased age (p
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- 2016
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