Worldwide pacemaker and defibrillator reuse: Systematic review and meta-analysis of contemporary trials.
Sunil K SinhaBhradeev SivasambuGayane YenokyanThomas C CrawfordJonathan ChrispinKim A EagleAndreas S BarthJohn Jack RickardDavid D SpraggStephen C VlayRonald BergerCharles J LoveHugh CalkinsGordon F TomaselliJoseph E MarinePublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
Device reuse utilizing modern protocols did not significantly increase risk of infection, malfunction, premature battery depletion, or device-related death in observational studies. These data provide rationale for proceeding with a prospective multicenter noninferiority randomized control trial.
Keyphrases
- systematic review
- double blind
- wastewater treatment
- meta analyses
- placebo controlled
- clinical trial
- open label
- electronic health record
- phase iii
- phase ii
- big data
- randomized controlled trial
- heart failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- vena cava
- machine learning
- deep learning
- pulmonary embolism
- solid state
- artificial intelligence