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We used a prospective, single center, observational study of 310 adult patients with indications of permanent pacing. They were hospitalized from 1 January to 31 December 2014 and followed up for 6 months after the pacemaker implant. The participants were distributed into two groups according to the antithrombotic therapy prior to the implant. The most frequent major complications were pneumothorax (3.87%) and lead dislodgement (8.39%), while superficial phlebitis (12.90%) and uncomplicated hematomas (22.58%) were presented as the most recurrent minor complications. Hematomas were the most frequent minor complication in the antithrombotic therapy cohort, and shoulder pain was reported as the most recurrent minor complication in the non-exposed group. Finding out about complications in pacemaker implants enables a complete view of the process, and hence the prioritization of actions aimed at improving safety and reducing associated risks.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm8010035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,3]],"date-time":"2019-01-03T03:36:30Z","timestamp":1546486590000},"page":"35","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":50,"title":["Safety of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation: A Prospective Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3934-5498","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00aa Reyes","family":"Carri\u00f3n-Camacho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain"},{"name":"Clinical Management Unit-Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Cardiac Surgery, Virgen del Roc\u00edo University Hospital, 41013 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ignacio","family":"Mar\u00edn-Le\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Virgen del Roc\u00edo University Hospital, IBIS-CIBERESP, Fundaci\u00f3n Enebro, 41013 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Manuel","family":"Molina-Do\u00f1oro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emergency Medicine, Virgen de Valme University Hospital, 41014 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8962-3540","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Rafael","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"ii1","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/eux258","article-title":"Decade of Information on the Use of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Interventional Electrophysiological Procedures in the European Society of Cardiology Countries: 2017 Report from the European Heart Rhythm Association","volume":"19","author":"Raatikainen","year":"2017","journal-title":"EP Europace"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"I44","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/sum062","article-title":"Current use of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and resynchronization devices: Data from the registry of the European Heart Rhythm Association","volume":"9","author":"Ector","year":"2007","journal-title":"Eur. 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