Effects of increasing age onto procedural parameters in pacemaker implantation: Results of an obligatory external quality control program

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-79

  Nowak, Bernd ^a   Misselwitz, Björn ^b  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Quality Assurance Hesse   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Complications; Pacemaker implantation; Procedural parameters; Quality control

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149088700     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun293     Document Type: Article

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