Table 4.

Summary of recent large observational study on transvenous temporary pacing (TV-TP) therapy in the United States

Summary of study characteristics and results
First author	Metkus TS
Journal	Chest
Year of publication	2019
Number of patients (n)	360,223
Year of inclusion	2004–2014
Complications linked to TVTP
Pneumothorax	0.9%
Pericardial tamponade	0.6%
Non-pericardial bleeding	2.4%
Hospital stay (days)	7.4 ± 0.06
Permanent pacemaker insertion	37.9%
In-hospital mortality	14.1%
TV-TP indication	No data available
TV-TP access route	No data available