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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Mar 22;106(2):460–465. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.02.041

Table 2.

Complications By Pacemaker Placement Status After Aortic Valve Replacement

Variable Pacemaker
(n=72)		 No Pacemaker
(n=2528)		 p-value
Operative Mortality 5 (6.9%) 95 (3.8%) 0.166
STS Major Morbidity 19 (26.4%) 355 (14.0%) 0.003
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation 31 (43.1%) 682 (27.0%) 0.003
Prolonged Ventilation 12 (16.7%) 143 (5.7%) <0.0001
Reoperation 8 (11.1%) 147 (5.8%) 0.061
Renal Failure 9 (12.5%) 116 (4.6%) 0.002
Stroke 3 (4.2%) 71 (2.8%) 0.494
Deep Sternal Wound Infection 1 (1.4%) 12 (0.5%) 0.278