Specifications

7 x 9 inches (178 mm x 229 mm)

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Instructions.

196407001 Rev A

SECTION H

General Pacing

Indications

The indications for long-term cardiac pacing as recommended by the

American Heart Association Task Force on Assessment of Diagnostic and

Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures (Committee on Pacemaker

Implantation)

are presented below.

Indications for permanent pacemakers have been grouped according to the

following classifications:

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Class I: Conditions for which there is general agreement that

permanent pacemakers should be implanted.

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Class II: Conditions for which permanent pacemakers are frequently

used but there is divergence of opinion with respect to the necessity of

their insertion.

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Class III: Conditions for which there is general agreement that

pacemakers are unnecessary.

Dreifus LS, Fisch C, Griffin JC, et al. Guidelines for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and

antiarrhythmia devices. A report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart

Association Task Force on Assessment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular

Procedures (Committee on Pacemaker Implantation). Journal of the American College of

Cardiology. 1991; 18: 1-13.

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