Pacemaker implantation in small hospitals: Complication rates comparable to larger centres

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1580-1586

  Haug, Bjørn ^a,b   Kjelsberg, Kjærsti ^b,c   Lappegård, Knut Tore ^b,c  

^a Helgelandssykehuset ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complications; Pacemaker; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; CHILD; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PERFORATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERFORATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054944496     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur162     Document Type: Article

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