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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan;174(1):80–85. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11564

Table 2.

Outcomes of 150 Patients Who Underwent Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Deactivation

Deactivation
Outcome All Patients Tachycardia Therapies Only (n = 118) Bradycardia Therapies With or Without Tachycardia Therapies (n = 32) P Value
Survival, No. (%)a
    Dead 146 (97) 114 (97) 32 (100) .58
    Alive 4 (3) 4 (3) 0 (0)
Survival after deactivation, median (range), d 2 (0-483) 3 (0-483) 0 (0-60) <.001
Deaths after deactivation, No. (%)b
    1 d 40 (27) 23 (19) 17 (53) <.001
    1 wk 106 (71) 78 (66) 28 (88) .04
    1 mo 130 (87) 100 (85) 30 (94) .52
    1 y 145 (97) 113 (96) 32 (100) >.99
    2 y 146 (97) 114 (97) 32 (100) >.99
a

As of September 1, 2012.

b

Within the time frame noted.