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Since the first transvenous pacemaker was implanted, the indications for pacing and the varieties of pacemakers have increased spectacularly, always with a view to extend life expectancy and improve the patient’s quality of life. A significant development in pacing was the construction of single chamber and, later, of dual chamber rate responsive pacemakers. A substantial number of studies have established the clear superiority of these pacemakers over fixed rate pacemakers as regards the clinical benefit and the exercise tolerance of patients with chronotropic incompetence.
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Vardas, P.E., Simantirakis, E.N. (1996). Cardiopulmonary evaluation of patients with rate responsive pacemakers. In: Oto, M.A. (eds) Practice and Progress in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 183. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0219-0_16
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