[Swiss pacemaker statistics, 1985]

In the annual pacemaker survey covering all 34 centres implanting cardiac pacemakers in Switzerland the data have been collected in more detail in the last two years and are presented more extensively. The number of first implants (1146, or 225 per million population) has remained constant with slight variation over the last 3 years. Dysfunction of the sinus node as an indication decreased to 31%. The use of programmable pacemakers further increased, leaving only 6% non-programmable. Physiological pacemaker-systems were used slightly less frequently but not in the larger pacemaker centers. The rate of intervention for lead problems remained unchanged at 1.1% of the total pacemaker population.