Pacing and Sensing of Human Heart for over 31 Years with the Same Apparatus (Generator and Lead)

Several patients receive a permanent pacemaker in a relatively young age, with multiple subsequent reoperations for pacemaker replacement. Pulse generator replacement is an invasive procedure, associated with the risk of various complications, mainly infection and skin erosion. A case of an extremel...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Papasteriadis, Panagiotis Margos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/796954