The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 70, 677-686, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Permanent cardiac pacing at a regional medical center
JR Wise Jr and DM Sensenig
In our experience with 98 patients, cardiac pacing has proved to be a low
risk procedure with an acceptably low incidence of serious complications.
Battery depletion requiring pulse generator replacement continues to be the
major limitation of this technique. Placement of the pacing catheter within
the coronary sinus has not been satisfactory, and measures are routinely
taken to avoid this catheter position.