title: [Swiss pacemaker statistics in 1983].
abstract: The data on 98% of pacemakers implanted in 1983 in Switzerland were analyzed and compared with previous years. The number of first implantations slightly increased to 240 per million population per year (1982: 216). 80% of pacemakers used were multiprogrammable, and 7.7% were physiological pacemakers. Counting only the centers implanting physiological pacemakers, the number is 14.5%. Complications demanding reinterventions decreased slightly. This applied especially to complications related to implantation techniques.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Schweizerische Schrittmacherstatistik des Jahres 1983.