Enhancing longevity of pacemakers through reprogramming. Underutilization and cost-effectiveness

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 441-444

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho ^a,b   Rincón, Leonor Garcia ^a   Oliveira, Bruno Guimarães ^a   Mota, Cleonice Carvalho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial cardiac stimulation; Costeffectiveness; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER SUPPLY; TELEMETRY; TIME;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SOFTWARE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85045291958     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000600001     Document Type: Article

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