Evidence for reduced susceptibility to cardiac bradycardias in South Asians compared with Caucasians.

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate ethnic differences in susceptibility to bradycardias in South Asian and white European patients in the UK by determining rates of permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation for sinus node dysfunction (SND) and atrioventricular block (AVB) in each ethnic group. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective cohort study into new PPM implantation during the period from 1 May 2006 to 31 March 2014,...

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