The patient alert system - Pilot study of built-in warning systems for pacemakers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 II, 1998, Pages 256-259

  Fahraeus, Thomas ^a   Stotts, Larry ^b   Prutchi, David ^b   Maertens, Steven ^b   Woodson, Drury ^b   Cooke, Daniel ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Intermedics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert warning system; Battery depletion; Lead failure; Malfunctions; Pacemaker; Patients' safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0031930037     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01099.x     Document Type: Article

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