Early experience with permanent pacemaker implantation at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Artificial pacemakers generate electrical impulses and regulate the heart´s conduction system. They are often used to treat individuals with bradycardia. Permanent pacemaker implantation is a lifesaving procedure especially in patients with
Uvie Ufuoma Onakpoya +4 more
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Unusual presentation of asymptomatic subacute lead-related ventricular perforation beyond the pericardium without pericardial effusion: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2023 The clinical manifestations of subacute pacemaker lead-related cardiac perforations are highly variable. Patients with subacute perforations can present with a variety of symptoms, whereas those with acute perforations usually present with cardiac ...
Jihee Son, Lae-Young Jung
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Pectoral nerve blocks for transvenous subpectoral pacemaker insertion in children: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023 Background Postoperative pain management after pacemaker insertion routinely requires opioid agents, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or paracetamol.
Ahmed Mohamed Elhaddad +4 more
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Assessing the safety of interrogating cardiac-implantable electronic devices with brand-mismatched remote interrogators: a pilot study [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Objective Remote cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) interrogators, originally developed for home use, have been proven to be efficacious in clinical settings, especially emergency departments.
Tinh Le +6 more
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Self-care of Adult Client with Permanent Pacemaker at Home [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022 Background: Sudden death is one of the most common reasons of death worldwide which can be prevented by inserting a pacemaker. Studies have proved that 60 percent of all sudden cardiac deaths occur due to arrhythmia.
Naglaa Abd El Kareem Hassaneen Soliman +2 more
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Feasibility of physiological pacing rate in cardiac resynchronization therapy
ESC Heart Failure, 2023 Aims Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves functional capacity in heart failure patients, a blunted heart rate (HR) response remains after treatment.
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Circulation, 1973 The development of artificial pacemakers for the electrical control of the cardiac rhythm has greatly enhanced the physician's ability to treat cardiac dysrhythmias. Pacemakers have been useful in treating Stokes-Adams syndrome and symptomatic bradyeardias; they have helped control the occurrence of tachyarrhythmias and have played an important role in
K E, Wright, H D, McIntosh
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Journal of Arrhythmia, 2021 Objective To assess the clinical and radiographic factors associated with lead failure by comparing subjects with lead failure within 10 years of implantation with an implant‐year‐matched group without lead failure.
Eun‐jeong Kim +4 more
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Transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemaker
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021 Objective: to understand how the transitional care of nurses to olde adults with artificial pacemaker occurs. Method: a qualitative research, carried out in a philanthropic hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Emanuela Santos Oliveira +6 more
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Effect of the Nursing Protocol of Care on Health-Related Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker Implant [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022 Background: Patients undergoing permanent implantable pacemakers, challenge withmultiple physical, psychological, and social complications. The patients may perceive thepacemaker device as electronic security or as a source of physical, psychosocial, and
Safaa Hussein Mohamed Abd Elrhman +3 more
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