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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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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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