Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker: an Emergency Perspective
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Permanent cardiac pacemaker: an emergency perspective
Correspondence to: Lam Chi Wang, MBChB, FRCS(Edin) Prince of Wales Hospita l , Accident and Emergency Department, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Email: [email protected] The number of patients with permanent pacemaker are increasing and may present into the emergency department with a variety of complications and malfunctions. The presence of a pacemaker may also affect management of unrelated medic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1024-9079,2309-5407
DOI: 10.1177/102490790100800310