Guidelines for pacemaker follow-up in Canada: A consensus statement of the Canadian Working Group on Cardiac Pacing

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 355-363+367

  Fraser, Jennifer D ^a   Gillis, Anne M ^a   Irwin, Marleen E ^a   Nishimura, Sandra ^a   Tyers, G Frank O ^a   Philippon, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Pacemakers; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 18144441359     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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