Faulty design resulting in temporary pacemaker failure

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 684-685

  Kleinman, Bruce ^a   Baumann, Margaret ^a   Andrus, Charles ^a  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Design flaw; Human error; Medical equipment; Pacemaker failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERROR; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0034831605     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.684     Document Type: Article

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