Swiss pacemaker statistics in 1983
Cueni, T.; Burkart, F.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 114(45): 1615-1616
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 6515364 Document Number: 238706
The data on 98% of pacemakers implanted in 1983 in Switzerland were analyzed and compared with previous years. The number of first implantations slightly increased to 240 per million population per year (1982: 216). 80% of pacemakers used were multiprogrammable, and 7.7% were physiological pacemakers. Counting only the centers implanting physiological pacemakers, the number is 14.5%. Complications demanding reinterventions decreased slightly. This applied especially to complications related to implantation techniques.