Is there a need to remove an old pacemaker when implanting a new device in the contralateral side?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 747-748

  Iakobishvili, Zaza ^a,b   Kusniec, Jairo ^a,b   Mazur, Alexander ^a,b   Battler, Alexander ^a,b   Strasberg, Boris ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Permanent pacemaker; Replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644236246     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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