• Critical care nurse · Apr 2015

    Review Case Reports

    Biventricular pacemakers in patients with heart failure.

    • Karen Leslie Cooper.
    • Karen Leslie Cooper is a clinical nurse specialist at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Auburn, California. k4r3n@surewest.net.
    • Crit Care Nurse. 2015 Apr 1; 35 (2): 20-7;quiz 28.

    AbstractPatients with heart failure may benefit from implantation of a biventricular pacemaker. This article discusses the indications for biventricular pacemaker implantation and the assessment of patients with biventricular pacemakers. Biventricular pacemakers require more assessments than do traditional single- or dual-chamber pacemakers. ©2015 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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