Skin Thickness Over Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Prognostic Impact and Longitudinal Changes
Skin thickness over CIEDs progressively declined over time and was significantly correlated with hemoglobin levels. In addition, skin thickness ≤ 3.3 mm was independently associated with increased all-cause mortality.
Authors
- Atsusuke Yatomi
- Mitsuhiko Shoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0493-1034)
- Kimitake Imamura
- Hiromasa Otake
- Atsushi Murakami
- Mitsuru Takami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-802X)
- Kunihiko Kiuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-4854)
- Shogo Yonehara
- Wako Suehiro
- Hidehiro Iwai
- Hiroyuki Asada
- Mari Yamamoto
- Koji Fukuzawa
- Ryosuke Takahashi
- Takahiro Kunigita
- Takahito Nakano
- Takafumi Tsuboi
Institutions
- Kobe Medical Center (JP)
- Japanese Red Cross Kobe Hospital (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.70210
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00