Permanent cardiac pacing at a regional medical center.
In our experience with 98 patients, cardiac pacing has proved to be a low risk procedure with an acceptably low incidence of serious complications. Battery depletion requiring pulse generator replacement continues to be the major limitation of this technique. Placement of the pacing catheter within the coronary sinus has not been satisfactory, and measures are routinely taken to avoid this catheter position.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008281:Maine; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D013575:Syncope / Q000628:therapy