Pacemaker misinformation in the perioperative period: Programming around the problem

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1582-1584

  Rozner, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINUS NODE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 9244244786     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000140244.35896.D7     Document Type: Editorial

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