Ventricular pacemaker upgrade: Experience, complications and recommendations

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-387

  Hildick Smith, D J R ^a   Lowe, M D ^a   Newell, S A ^a   Schofield, P M ^a   Shapiro, L M ^a   Stone, D L ^a   Grace, A A ^a   Petch, M C ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual chamber pacemaker; Pacemaker upgrade; Single chamber pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031969289     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.4.383     Document Type: Article

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