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Sex differences in rates of permanent pacemaker implantation and in-hospital complications: A statewide cohort study of over 7 million persons from 2009–2018

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  • Vijayatubini Vijayarajan
  • Leonard Kritharides
  • David Brieger
  • Yeu-Yao Cheng
  • Vincent Chow
  • Austin Chin Chwan Ng

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Background: Whether a bias exists in the implantation of permanent pacemakers (PPI) and complications according to sex and age in the Australian population is unclear. Hypothesis: Population rate of PPI and its complications differed between men and women. Methods: We examined the prevalence of PPI from January-2009 to December-2018 from datasets held by the New South Wales (NSW) Centre-for-Health-Record-Linkage, including patient’s characteristics and in-hospital complications. All analysis was stratified by sex and age by decade. Results: A total of 28,714 admissions involved PPI (40% women). The mean PPI rate (±standard-deviation) and median age (interquartile range) was 2,871±242 per-annum and 80yrs (73-86yrs), respectively. At the same time-period, the mean NSW population size was 7,487,393±315,505 persons (50% women; n = 3,773,756±334,912). The mean annual age-adjusted rate of PPI was 125.5±11.6 per-100,000-men, compared to 63.4±14.3 per-100,000-women (P

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  • Vijayatubini Vijayarajan & Leonard Kritharides & David Brieger & Yeu-Yao Cheng & Vincent Chow & Austin Chin Chwan Ng, 2022. "Sex differences in rates of permanent pacemaker implantation and in-hospital complications: A statewide cohort study of over 7 million persons from 2009–2018," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0272305
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272305
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