Objective -To assess the incidence of problems requiring reprogramming of atrioventricular pacemakers in a long-term follow-up, and also the causes for this procedure. December '99, 657 patients were retrospectively studied, An actuarial curve for the event reprogramming of the stimulation mode was drawn.
Methods -During the period from May '98 to
Results -The follow-up period ranged from 12 to 178 months (mean = 81 months
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