[The use of artificial pacemakers in medical practice].
Reference is made to personal experience in the treatment of atrioventricular block with asynchronous pacemaker in a consideration of the criteria to be employed in their surgical indication. The results obtained were good, even over a long period of time. It is, however pointed out that, in spite of the improvements that have been made in recent years, breakdowns of the electrostimulator are the most common form of complication; none the less, correction is almost always a matter of little difficulty.
Morino
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Istituto di Patologia Speciale Chirurgica e Propedeutica Clinica dell'Università di Torino.
Fontana
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Paganelli
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology