Re-used pacemakers - As safe as new? A retrospective case-control study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 154-157

  Linde, Cecilia L ^a   Bocray, A ^a   Jonsson, H ^a   Rosenqvist, M ^a   Radegran K ^a   Ryden L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Health economy; Pulse generators; Re use; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031891143     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0728     Document Type: Article

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