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. 2021 Jul 27;8:661885. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.661885

Table 3.

Safety and prognosis between younger and elderly patients.

Events Overall N = 341 Young (<80) N = 182 Elderly (≥80) N = 159 P-value
Procedure related complications 14 (4.1) 8 (4.4) 6 (3.8) 0.140
Lead fracture, n (%) 0 0 0 1.000
Lead dislodgement, n (%) 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.6) 0.946
Atrial perforation, n (%) 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.6) 0.946
Ventricular perforation, n (%) 0 0 0 1.000
Pocket hematoma, n (%) 3 (0.9) 2 (1.1) 1 (0.6) 0.565
Pocket infection, n (%) 4 (1.2) 4 (2.2) 0 0.169
Incision algesia, n (%) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 0 0.946
Pericardial effusion, n (%) 5 (1.5) 1 (0.5) 4 (2.5) 0.291
MACE 32 (9.4) 13 (7.1) 19 (11.9) 0.157
Acute myocardial infarction, n (%) 4 (1.2) 0 4 (2.5) 0.099
Acute heart failure, n (%) 15 (4.4) 9 (4.9) 6 (3.8) 0.794
Ventricular fibrillation, n (%) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 0 0.946
Cerebral infarction, n (%) 5 (1.5) 0 5 (3.1) 0.050
Subdural hemorrhage, n (%) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 0 0.946
Pacemaker reimplantation, n (%) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 0 0.946
Cardiac tamponade, n (%) 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.6) 0.946
Death due to CVD, n (%) 4 (1.2) 1 (0.5) 3 (1.9) 0.522
Rehospitalization due to CVD, n(%) 44 (12.9) 22 (12.1) 22 (13.8) 0.321
All-cause mortality, n(%) 9 (2.6) 3 (1.6) 6 (3.8) 0.377

CVD, denotes cardiovascular disease; MACE, major adverse cardiocerebrovascular events.