Update on implantable pacemakers.

There are currently more than 3 million patients worldwide with implanted pacemakers, and indications for implants are expanding. Pacemakers today are smaller (23-30 g) and fashioned in a more physiologic shape so as to be less obtrusive. They are replete with sophisticated diagnostic and programmin...

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Published in:Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 261 - 271
Main Authors: Woodruff J, Prudente LA
Format: CEU exam questions tracings Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jul/Aug2005
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