Table 2.

Thirty-day complication rates between apical and septal cohorts (n (%))

Complication at 30 days	Apical group (n=616)	Septal group (n=204)	P value
Bleeding/haematoma	8 (1)	6 (3)	0.1
Pneumothorax	16 (2)	5 (2)	>0.9
Lead displacement	6 (1)	3 (2)	0.6
Infection	9 (2)	3 (2)	>0.9
Cardiac tamponade	0 (0)	1 (1)	0.2
Other*	7 (1)	0 (0)	0.1
Composite periprocedural complication score	46 (8%)	18 (9%)	0.5

*Atrial lead dysfunction, right ventricular lead repositioning, right ventricular perforation without tamponade, wound dehiscence, pericarditis and subclavian vein thrombosis.