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Pacemaker Evaluation in the Emergency Department

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There are approximately 500,000 implanted cardiac pacemakers in the USA and another 100,000 are implanted each year [1]. In the emergency department, a physician may be faced with a pacemaker that is not functioning appropriately. To understand the ways in which a pacemaker can malfunction or lead to medical complications, first it is important to understand how pacemakers work when they do so appropriately.

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  1. Departments of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA

    Joseph D. Romano MD & Christian Coletti MD

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Director, SE Specialty Care Centers of Innovation, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Romano, J.D., Coletti, C. (2016). Pacemaker Evaluation in the Emergency Department. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_35

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