[Temporary pacemaker for cardiac operation].
For temporary pacing during open heart surgery, we made a device with a permanent VVI pacemaker by simply fixing a lead to the connecting plug. It is easy to make this device, which allows for beginning pacing quickly, and it dose not interfere with the operation.
Iwamoto
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T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto 1st Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Nakamura
A
A
Kawachi
H
H
Nakaji
S
S
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial