[Exit block: a postoperative complication of pacemaker implantation (author's transl)]. / Der Exit-Block als postoperatives Problem der Schrittmacherchirurgie.
Wien Klin Wochenschr
; 90(17): 633-6, 1978 Sep 15.
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in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-695654
ABSTRACT
Exit block occurs in 7% of cases following implantation of a pacemaker for the first time and appears to be a serious and unpredictable occurrence which cannot be prevented by the selection of a particular technique or type of electrode of pacemaker. Therapeutic measures in patients who are not dependent on a pacemaker consist primarily of exchanging the intracardial lead. In all patients, as well as in those cases with recurrence of exit block, a pulse width-adjustable pulse generator should be implanted without resorting to other methods of questionable efficacy. The implantation of such a pulse generator was successful in all our cases.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
/
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
/
Heart Block
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
De
Journal:
Wien Klin Wochenschr
Year:
1978
Document type:
Article