Long-Term outcomes of cardiac pacing in adults with congenital heart disease
Fiona Walker, MD* ,
Samuel C. Siu, MD, SM, FACC* ,
Shane Woods*,
Douglas A. Cameron, MD* ,
Gary D. Webb, MD, FACC* and
Louise Harris, MB, ChB, FACC*,*
* Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier survival of freedom from lead complication for endocardial (solid line) versus epicardial (broken line) pacing systems (Accufix leads excluded). N = number of patients at the various follow-up intervals.
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival of freedom from lead complication for physiologic (solid line) versus ventricular (broken line) mode of pacing (Accufix leads excluded). N = number of patients at the various follow-up intervals.
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Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival of freedom from atrial arrhythmias for physiologic (solid line) versus ventricular (broken line) mode of pacing in 168 adult patients with congenital heart disease. N = number of patients at the various follow-up intervals.
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