Correlation of waiting time with adverse events in patients admitted for nonelective permanent pacemaker implantation

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 817-821

  Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Fisher, Mark A ^b   Curtis, Michael J ^b   Krahn, Andrew D ^b   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^b   Raj, Satish R ^b   Brennan, F James ^b   Klein, George J ^b   Yee, Raymond ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adverse events; Permanent pacemaker implantation; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031875115     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Goldman BS, Nishimura S, Lau C. Survey of cardiac pacing in Canada. Can J Cardiol 1996;12:573-8.
2. Ferguson TB Jr, Lindsay BD, Boineau JP. Should surgeons still be implanting pacemakers? Ann Thorac Surg 1994;57:588-96.