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Dual-Chamber Pacemakers Better for Heart Patients
Title: Dual-Chamber Pacemakers Better for Heart PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/4/2005 1:53:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/4/2005 1:53:06 AM


For over 70's dual pacemakers no better
British researchers say that for people over 70, pacemakers that stimulate only one part of the heart are just as effective as newer and more expensive devices that apply electricity to two of the heart's four chambers.


Dual pacemakers no better for people over 70
BOSTON (Reuters) - For people over 70, pacemakers that stimulate only one part of the heart are just as effective as newer and more expensive devices that apply electricity to two of the heart's four chambers, British researchers said.

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30. Fellowship Program
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31. Educational Content: PACEMAKERS
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