Clinical experience with pacemaker pulse generators and transvenous leads: An 8-year prospective multicenter study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-160

  Hauser, Robert G ^a   Hayes, David L ^b   Kallinen, Linda M ^a   Cannom, David S ^c   Epstein, Andrew E ^d   Almquist, Adrian K ^a   Song, Susan L ^e   Tyers, G Frank O ^f   Vlay, Stephen C ^g   Irwin, Marleen ^h  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Grey Nuns Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Battery; Complication; Lead; Pacemaker; Pacemaker follow up

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RETREATMENT; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846471573     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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