학술논문
Acute complications of permanent pacemaker implantation: their financial implication and relation to volume and operator experience.
Document Type
Journal Article
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Subject
*COMPLICATIONS of cardiac surgery
CARDIAC pacemaker complications
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ISSN
0002-9149
Abstract
Complication rates after pacemaker implantation decline after increasing operator experiences (total cases), activity (cases per year), and facility with cephalic vein cutdown technique. The incremental cost of care is driven by hospital resource utilization and does not parallel medical severity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]