Trends in pacemaker mode prescription 1984-1994: A single centre study of 3710 patients

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 518-521

  Aggarwal, Rajesh K ^a,b   Ray, Simon G ^a   Connelly, Derek T ^a   Coulshed, David S ^a   Charles, Richard G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Pacemaker mode prescription; Physiological pacing and age

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029896060     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.5.518     Document Type: Article

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