Criteria for pacemaker explant in patients without a precise indication for pacemaker implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 272-277

  Martinelli, Martino ^a,b   Costa, Roberto ^a   Nishioka, Silvana ^a   Pedrosa, Anísio ^a   Siqueira, Sérgio ^a   Crevelari, Elizabeth ^a   Scanavacca, Maurício ^a   D'Ávila, André ^a   Sosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Clínica de Marcapassos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Explant; Follow up studies; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TILT TABLE TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036212331     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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