Safety, efficacy, and performance of implanted recycled cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices in underprivileged patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 653-658

  Hasan, Reema ^a   Ghanbari, Hamid ^a   Feldman, Dustin ^a   Menesses, Daniel ^b   Rivas, Daniel ^b,c   Zakhem, Nicole C ^a   Duarte, Carlos ^b,c   Machado, Christian ^a,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Cardiology Nacional   (Nicaragua)

^c Hospital Militar   (Nicaragua)

^d PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antemortem; low and middle income countries; pacemaker; resterilization; reuse of devices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PULSE GENERATOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; STROKE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958094525     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03061.x     Document Type: Article

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