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Ann Thorac Surg 1975;20:326-338
© 1975 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Transtelephone Pacemaker Monitoring

Five Years Later

Seymour Furman, M.D.*, Doris J.W. Escher, M.D.

From the Cardiothoracic Service, Division of Surgery and the Cardiology Service, Division of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Furman, 111 E. 210th St., Bronx, N.Y. 10467

Six hundred nineteen patients have been followed by remote monitoring of pacemaker function using ECG and rate or rate alone; 278 of 280 have had battery exhaustion or electronic failure demonstrated. Ten percent of exhausted pacemakers failed prior to the average longevity of the particular model, and 32% (89 of 280) exceeded 36 months' longevity; of these, 13% (37 of 280) lasted more than 40 months and 4.6% (13 of 280) exceeded 50 months. The error rate is 0.7% (2 of 280). With pulse generator longevity increasing, monitoring is done less frequently during the first 2 years, then calls are made weekly after 24 months.




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