Incidence and predictors of in-hospital events after first implantation of pacemakers

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 884-889

  Van Eck, J W M ^a   Van Hemel, N M ^a   Zuithof, P ^a   Van Asseldonk, J P M ^b   Voskuil, T L H M ^b   Grobbee, D E ^a   Moons, K G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In hospital events; Outcome; Pacemaker; Pacemaker complications; Prediction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY MASS; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STROKE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649102269     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum113     Document Type: Article

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