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

OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence of problems requiring reprogramming of atrioventricular pacemakers in a long-term follow-up, and also the causes for this procedure. METHODS: During the period from May '98 to December '99, 657 patients were retrospectively studied, An actuarial curve for...

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Main Authors: Martino Martinelli Fº, Sylton de Arruda Melo, Silvana A. D. Nishióka, Anísio A. A. Pedrosa, Sérgio Freitas de Siqueira, Roberto Costa, Eduardo Sosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000100002