High quality performance of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1667-1669

  Levine, Paul A ^a   Stanton, Marshall S ^b   Sims, Jeffery J ^c  

^a ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVALUATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0036915685     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01667.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (10)

1. Levine PA. 40 Years of Pacing, Medical Electronics, 1998, June, 84-85.
2. AVID investigators. A comparison of antiarrhythmic-drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias. N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1576-1583.
3. Kuck KH, Cappato R, Siebels J, et al. Randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest: The Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg (CASH). Circulation 2000; 102:748-754.
4. Moss AJ, Hall J, Cannom DS, et al. Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia. N Engl J Med 1996; 335:1933-1940.
5. Moss AJ, Zareba W, Hall WJ, et al. Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:877-883.
6. Maisel WH, Stevenson WG, Epstein LM. Changing trends in pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator advisories. PACE 2002; 25:XXX-XXX.
7. Maisel WH, Sweeney MO, Stevenson WG, et al. Recalls and safety alerts involving pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generators. JAMA 2001; 286:793-799.
8. Stanton MS. Safety of implantable cardiac devices. (Letter) JAMA 2002; 287:839-840.
9. Epstein AE, Miles WM, Benditt DG, et al. AHA/NASPE Medical Scientific Statement: Personal and public safety issues related to arrhythmias that may affect consciousness: Implications for regulation and physician recommendations. Circulation 1996; 94:1147-1166.
10. Kay GN, Brinker JA, Kawanishi DT, et al. Risks of spontaneous injury and extraction of an active fixation pacemaker lead: Report of the Accufix Multicenter Clinical Study and Worldwide Registry. Circulation 1999; 100:2344-2352.