Indications of Temporary Cardiac Pacing during Perioperative Period of Non-Cardiac Operations / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the indications of temporary cardiac pacing during perioperative period of non-cardiac operations.Methods Temporary cardiac pacemakers were installed preoperatively in 102 patients with bradyarrhythmia.The patients were divided into paced and no-paced groups according to the ECG monitoring during perioperative period.Clinical data were compared between the two groups.Results Totally 37 patients needed pacing during perioperative period.They were older than the no-paced patients [(61?17)y vs(52?14)y,t=2.885,P=0.005].In the paced group,more patients had history of myocardial infarction [54%(20/37)vs 14%(9/65),?2=18.733,P=0.000],cardiomyopathy [8%(3/37)vs 0%(0/65),P=0.045],and syncope [11%(4/37)vs 0%(0/65),P=0.030],abnormal findings in Holter [97%(36/37)vs 48%(31/65),?2=25.741,P=0.000] and UCG [97%(36/37)vs 45%(29/65),?2=26.076,P=0.000].Conclusions Temporary cardiac pacemaker can enhance the perioperative safety and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular complications in patients with bradyarrhythmia.Overall assessments of clinical setting were needed before implantation.The indications for temporary cardiac pacing include bradyarrhythmia with myocardium disorder,which is confirmed by UCG,advanced age,as well as history of syncope.Positive result of atropine test is not one of the significant indications.