Trends in permanent pacemaker implantation in the United States from 1993 to 2009: Increasing complexity of patients and procedures

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1540-1545

  Greenspon, Arnold J ^a   Patel, Jasmine D ^b,c   Lau, Edmund ^b,c   Ochoa, Jorge A ^c   Frisch, Daniel R ^a   Ho, Reginald T ^a   Pavri, Behzad B ^a   Kurtz, Steven M ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare policy; permanent pacemaker; sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL BLOCK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867401976     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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