TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 18. Pacemakers A1 - Littwin, Sanford M. A2 - Atchabahian, Arthur A2 - Gupta, Ruchir PY - 2013 T2 - The Anesthesia Guide AB - In the United States >500,000 pacemakers are implanted each year, with more than 6 million patients today having a pulse generator deviceAlmost 100% of pacemakers are placed for a specific disease process rather than prophylacticallyMost patients have concomitant diseases: HTN, CAD, DM, pulmonary disease SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57260498 ER -