Muhammad Zia Khan, Amanda Nguyen, Muhammad Usman Khan, Yasar Sattar, Waleed Alruwaili, Karthik Gonuguntla, Hafiz Muhammad Sohaib Hayat, Melody Mendez, Sameh Nassar, Zain Ul Abideen Asad, Siddharth Agarwal, Sameer Raina, Sudarshan Balla, Bao Nguyen, Dali Fan, Douglas Darden, Muhammad Bilal Munir
BACKGROUND: Leadless pacemakers have emerged as a promising alternative to transvenous pacemakers in patients with kidney disease. However, studies investigating leadless pacemaker outcomes and complications based on kidney dysfunction are limited. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with inpatient complications and outcomes of leadless pacemaker implantations. METHODS: National Inpatient Sample and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes were used to identify CKD and ESRD patients who underwent leadless pacemaker implantations in the U...
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