Impact of a poor functional capacity on the clinical outcomes in patients with a pacemaker implantation –Results from the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society Registry –
Takanori Arimoto, MD1, Eiichi Watanabe, MD2, Ritsuko Kohno, MD3, Kenji Shimeno, MD4,
Kan Kikuchi, MD5, Atsushi Doi, MD6, Kanki Inoue, MD7, Takashi Nitta, MD8,
Akihiko Nogami, MD9, Haruhiko Abe, MD3, Ken Okumura, MD.10
1) Department of Cardiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
2) Department of Cardiology, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
3) Department of Heart Rhythm Management, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, KitaKyushu, Japan.
4) Department of Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
5) Division of Cardiology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
6) Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
7) Division of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan
8) Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
9) Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
10) Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
Running title: Functional capacity and the outcome in pacemaker patients
Corresponding author: Takanori Arimoto, M.D.
Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology; Yamagata University School of Medicine; 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
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E-mail: t-arimoto@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp