Atrioventricular pacemaker. Incidence and causes of reprogramming in long-term follow-up

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Martino Martinelli, F ^a   De Arruda Melo, Sylton ^a   Nishióka, Silvana A D ^a   Pedrosa, Anísio A A ^a   De Siqueira, Sérgio Freitas ^a   Costa, Roberta ^a   Sosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular pacemaker; C mode; DDD; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8744316002     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2001000100002     Document Type: Article

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