When pacemakers fail: An analysis of clinical presentation and risk in 120 patients with failed devices

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Dorian, Paul ^a   Ham, Miney ^a   Lam, Patrick ^b   Lau, Ching ^b   Nishimura, Sandra ^b   Newman, David ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic medications; Device failure; Pacemaker dependency

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031933717     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01065.x     Document Type: Article

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