Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators – general and anesthetic considerations
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Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators--general and anesthetic considerations.
A pacemaking system consists of an impulse generator and lead or leads to carry the electrical impulse to the patient's heart. Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator codes were made to describe the type of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator implanted. Indications for pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation were given by the American College ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0104-0014
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjane.2013.02.005