Do gender differences exist in pacemaker implantation? - Results of an obligatory external quality control program

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Nowak, Bernd ^a   Misselwitz, Björn ^b   Erdogan, A ^c   Funck, R ^d   Irnich, W ^e   Israel, C W ^f   Olbrich, H G ^g   Schmidt, H ^h   Sperzel, J ⁱ   Zegelman, M ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Centre Bethanien   (Germany)

^b Institute of Quality Assurance Hessen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Bad Hersfeld   (Germany)

^e Ev Krankenhaus Bethel ^*

^f Asklepios Klinik Langen   (Germany)

^g Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung in Hessen   (Germany)

^h KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

ⁱ KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Gender; Pacemaker implantation; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749084452     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup312     Document Type: Article

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