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Review
. 2009 May;58(5):485-98.
doi: 10.1007/s00101-009-1553-9.

[Perioperative management of patients with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter/defibrillators. Recommendations of the Austrian Society for Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine, the Austrian Society for Cardiology and the Austrian Society for Surgery]

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[Perioperative management of patients with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter/defibrillators. Recommendations of the Austrian Society for Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine, the Austrian Society for Cardiology and the Austrian Society for Surgery]

[Article in German]
H Gombotz et al. Anaesthesist. 2009 May.

Abstract

The perioperative risk for patients with pacemakers or implanted cardioverter/defibrillators (ICD) is mainly dependent on the underlying disease. However, severe to life-threatening complications of the implanted system can occur due to electromagnetic interference in the environment of the operation. These complications can be prevented or adequately treated by taking special precautions and measures. Even though the currently available data on the optimal perioperative management to pacemakers and ICDs is still unsatisfactory, the increasing clinical relevance of this topic was the reason for the formulation of recommendations by an interdisciplinary working group in Austria.

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