Experience with Devices implanted fixed-rate pacemakers

• Published in: Thorax Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 177 - 179
• Main Authors: Siddons, Harold, Davies, Geoffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...