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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2008 Mar 4;5(4):545–550. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.033

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Device Characteristics

Characteristic Value
Number of patients by gender (%)
  Male 25 (49)
  Female 26 (51)
Age – years
  Median 22
  Range 6 – 60
Height – cm
  Mean 162
  Range 111 – 187
Weight – kg
  Mean 66
  Range 18.6 – 121
Primary indication for device– number of patients (%)
  Sinus node dysfunction 17 (33)
  AV node dysfunction 14 (33)
  Long QT syndrome 2 (4)
  Ventricular tachycardia 15 (30)
Device type – number of patients (%)
  Pacemaker 34 (67)
  ICD 17 (33)
Pacemaker mode – number of patients (%)
  AAI 14 (28)
  VVI 24 (47)
  VDD 1 (2)
  DDD 12 (24)
Device location – number of patients (%)
  Left chest 34 (67)
  Right chest 7 (14)
  Abdomen 8 (16)
  Other 2 (4)

Study patient characteristics.

AAI = atrial pacing, atrial sensing, inhibition response; VVI = ventricular pacing, ventricular sensing, inhibition response; VDD = ventricular pacing, atrial and ventricular sensing, inhibition and tracking response; DDD = atrial and ventricular pacing, atrial and ventricular sensing, inhibition and tracking response.