title: ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/NASPE Committee to Update the 1998 Pacemaker Guidelines).
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authors.lastname: Gregoratos
authors.forename: Jonathan
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authors.lastname: Abrams
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authors.lastname: Epstein
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authors.lastname: Freedman
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authors.lastname: Hayes
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authors.lastname: Hlatky
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authors.lastname: Kerber
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authors.lastname: Naccarelli
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authors.lastname: Schoenfeld
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authors.lastname: Silka
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authors.lastname: Winters
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authors.lastname: Gibbons
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authors.lastname: Antman
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authors.lastname: Alpert
authors.forename: Gabriel
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authors.lastname: Gregoratos
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authors.lastname: Hiratzka
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authors.lastname: Faxon
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000592:standards; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology