Permanent pacemakers do rehabili-tate and prolong life, but at the expense of patient
anxiety1 and frequent re-placements, because of uncertain bat-tery life, unpredictable …

The function of pacemaker systems has always been variable and patients with implanted
pacemakers have had intercurrentevents which affect the interaction of the pacemaker …

CARDIAC PACING is only a quarter of a century old, and during its first 20 years it enjoyed
meteoric and unbridled growth. During the past 5 years, however, the practice has been …

FROM TIME to time the critical review of a subject will permit delineation of the pres-ent state
of the art, analysis of problems, and specula-tion on future developments. Reviews of this …

Background It is becoming more apparent each day that despite a strong national
commitment to excellence in health care, the resources and personnel are finite. It is …

THE 1-YEAR MORTALITY of paced patients is at present of the order of 10 to 15% 1 and the
morbidity associated with this form of treatment is continuously falling as apparatus is …

I MPLANTED pacemaker systems, now widely accepted as the long-term treatment of
choiceof symptomatic heart block, have yielded palliation as well as prolongation of …

In a recent conference on pacemakers it was stated that over 5,000 units have been
installed in patients over the United States within a period of less than four years. This is a …

This article reviews the indications for pacemaker implantation and the techniques and
devices currently in use. The management of patients who require permanent pacemakers …

Artificial cardiac pacemakers have been implanted in over 120,000 patients since the first
unit was employed clinically in 1958. The majority of these patients are alive today, and long …