Confiabilidad del generador de marcapasos y ICD: metaanálisis de los registros de dispositivos.

William H Maisel1

  • 1Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215, USA. wmaisel@bidmc.harvard.edu

JAMA
|April 28, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

La fiabilidad del marcapasos ha mejorado significativamente. Las tasas de mal funcionamiento del desfibrilador cardioverter implantable (ICD) disminuyeron inicialmente, pero luego aumentaron antes de una disminución reciente, lo que requiere un monitoreo continuo.

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