Research Article

Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing versus Right Ventricular Pacing in Patients with Atrioventricular Block: An Observational Cohort Study

Table 2

The association between LBBAP and the occurrence of clinical outcomes.

VariablesLBBAP ()RVP () valueAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI) value

Primary outcome: all-cause mortality, lead failure, and HFH23 (5.85)52 (10.20)0.0190.48 (0.28-0.83)0.009
All-cause mortality10 (2.54)30 (5.88)0.0160.46 (0.22-0.98)0.043
Lead failure6 (1.53)5 (0.98)0.6631.75 (0.46-6.75)0.414
HFH7 (1.78)17 (3.33)0.1510.36 (0.14-0.89)0.028
Secondary outcome: periprocedure complication, cardiac death, and recurrent unexplained syncope36 (9.16)55 (10.78)0.4220.63 (0.39-1.00)0.051
Periprocedure complication19 (4.83)20 (3.92)0.5031.08 (0.54-2.14)0.837
Cardiac death3 (0.76)7 (1.37)0.5850.45 (0.09-2.28)0.334
Recurrent unexplained syncope16 (4.07)29 (5.69)0.2690.49 (0.26-0.95)0.036

LBBAP: left bundle-branch area pacing; RVP: right ventricular pacing; HFH: heart failure hospitalization. Adjusted for the propensity score in regression models.