Open AccessReuse of Pacemakers
Author(s) -
Santiago Nava,
José L. Morales,
Manlio F. Márquez,
Fausto Barrera,
Javier Gómez,
L Colín,
Josép Brugada,
Pedro Iturralde
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.001584
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , relative risk , cohort , clinical endpoint , surgery , randomized controlled trial
In developing economies, there are patients in whom pacemaker implantation is delayed because they cannot afford one. Reused devices have been a solution. To address concerns about safety, a cohort of consecutive patients implanted with a reused pacemaker was compared with a control group.
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