The baseline characteristics of the 6,268 cardiac surgery patients are outlined in Table I. The mean age of the study patients was 66 ± 10 years. Overall, 141 (2.2%) patients underwent PPM ...
The principal findings of this retrospective cohort study of more than 6,000 cardiac surgery patients are as follows. First, 40% of the patients were PPM dependent in long-term follow-up. Predictors ...