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Technical Follow-up of Implanted Pacemakers

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The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 175))

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A patient with a cardiac pacemaker is condemned for life to attend a pacemaker clinic for follow-up. One of the main objectives for follow-up is to anticipate impending pacemaker system failure before there is risk to the patient. Battery depletion impairs pacemaker function and is still the main reason for surgical intervention.1 Beginning or actual failure of systems must be ascertained in the clinic and the necessary steps taken to remedy the situation.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

    N. M. Van Hemel

  2. Heart Lung Institute, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    F. H. M. Wittkampf

  3. Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    H. Ector

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van der Kemp, P., Bakema, L. (1995). Technical Follow-up of Implanted Pacemakers. In: Van Hemel, N.M., Wittkampf, F.H.M., Ector, H. (eds) The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0347-3_7

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