TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental and drug effects on patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators
T2 - A practice guide to patient treatment
AU - Goldschlager, N.
AU - Epstein, A.
AU - Friedman, P.
AU - Gang, E.
AU - Krol, R.
AU - Olshanshy, B.
PY - 2001/3/12
Y1 - 2001/3/12
N2 - The potential for interaction between pacemakers and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICDs) and the medical and nonmedical environment, and between these devices and certain cardioactive drugs, has been recognized for years. Whereas a number of experimental and clinical studies have been performed to define some of these interactions, in many instances data are sparse and anecdotal clinical experiences form the basis for decision making and recommendations. Nevertheless, given the proliferation of rhythm-management devices in use in the population today, practitioners may find a guide to management of these patients helpful. This management guideline is therefore offered not as an extensive, literature-based review, but as a framework on which to understand specific types of problems that may be encountered in the daily lives of patients who have such implanted devices.
AB - The potential for interaction between pacemakers and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICDs) and the medical and nonmedical environment, and between these devices and certain cardioactive drugs, has been recognized for years. Whereas a number of experimental and clinical studies have been performed to define some of these interactions, in many instances data are sparse and anecdotal clinical experiences form the basis for decision making and recommendations. Nevertheless, given the proliferation of rhythm-management devices in use in the population today, practitioners may find a guide to management of these patients helpful. This management guideline is therefore offered not as an extensive, literature-based review, but as a framework on which to understand specific types of problems that may be encountered in the daily lives of patients who have such implanted devices.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.161.5.649
DO - 10.1001/archinte.161.5.649
M3 - Article
C2 - 11231696
AN - SCOPUS:0035848350
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 161
SP - 649
EP - 655
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 5
ER -