Pacemaker implantation in the extreme elderly

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Stevenson, Robert T ^a,b   Lugg, David ^b   Gray, Robert ^b   Hollis, Douglas ^b   Stoner, Michelle ^b   Williams, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a Lebanon Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^b Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Device; Elderly; Implant; Outcomes; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84861660341     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9618-5     Document Type: Article

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