Experience with Devices implanted fixed-rate pacemakers

The fate of 183 implants of Devices TF 2970 fixed-rate pacemakers is analysed. The incidence of clinical complications such as sepsis or skin necrosis, displacement of the electrode, and exit block, and the causes of the 19 deaths are discussed. In 28 of the 183 pacemakers pacing stopped for technic...

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Published inThorax Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 177 - 179
Main Authors Siddons, Harold, Davies, Geoffrey
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.03.1973
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - etiology
Electrodes
Humans
Necrosis
Pacemaker, Artificial - adverse effects
Pacemaker, Artificial - mortality
Sepsis - etiology
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Summary:The fate of 183 implants of Devices TF 2970 fixed-rate pacemakers is analysed. The incidence of clinical complications such as sepsis or skin necrosis, displacement of the electrode, and exit block, and the causes of the 19 deaths are discussed. In 28 of the 183 pacemakers pacing stopped for technical reasons, which are described; the commonest cause of failure was the batteries. The incidence of pacemaker failure has been estimated statistically from a much larger series of 558 implants.
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ISSN:0040-6376
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DOI:10.1136/thx.28.2.177