RT Book, Section A1 Littwin, Sanford M. A2 Atchabahian, Arthur A2 Gupta, Ruchir SR Print(0) ID 57260498 T1 Chapter 18. Pacemakers T2 The Anesthesia Guide YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-176049-2 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57260498 RD 2024/10/08 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