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Europace Advance Access originally published online on August 1, 2009
Europace 2009 11(10):1272-1280; doi:10.1093/europace/eup204
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

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Novel pacing algorithms: do they represent a beneficial proposition for patients, physicians, and the health care system?

Emmanuel N. Simantirakis, Eva G. Arkolaki and Panos E. Vardas*

Cardiology Department, University Hospital Of Heraklion, PO Box 1352, Stavrakia, Heraklion, Crete 711 10, Greece

Modern pacemakers are enriched with several embedded algorithms, aiming at achieving a more "physiological" pacing, at reducing pacing-related costs and at maximizing the physician's and the patient's convenience. Though some of these algorithms offer proven benefits, the efficacy of others is still under serious dispute. Herein are presented some of the most important algorithms integrated in modern pacemakers, together with an overview of the currently available literature concerning their efficacy and safety, as well as their impact on the economics of health care systems.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +30 2810 39 26422, Fax: +30 2 810 542 055, Email: cardio{at}med.uoc.gr

Manuscript submitted 3 February 2009. Accepted after revision 3 July 2009.


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