[For and against physiologic heart stimulation]

Z Gesamte Inn Med. 1986 May 1;41(9):271-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Issuing from the own experiences on 110 patients with a heart stimulation including the atrium, advantages and disadvantages as well as possibilities of a complication in physiological stimulation system are discussed. From the differential indications for the pacemaker therapy are derived. It is estimated that approximately 20% of the new implantations in critical indication should be performed by a form of physiological stimulation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Block / therapy
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Sick Sinus Syndrome / therapy