Late complications following permanent pacemaker implantation or elective unit replacement
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Late complications following permanent pacemaker implantation or elective unit replacement.
OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of late complications following first implantation or elective unit replacement of a permanent pacemaker system. DESIGN Analysis of pacemaker data and complications prospectively acquired on a computerised database. Complications were studied over an 11 year period from January 1984 to December 1994. SETTING Tertiary referral cardiothoracic centre. PATIENTS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.3.240