A new study published in iJAMA Internal Medicine/i finds dementia patients are more likely to get implanted pacemakers for heart rhythm irregularities. To look at the relationships between cognitive status and implantation of a pacemaker, lead investigator Nicole Fowler, Ph.D., a health services researcher formerly at the Pitt School of Medicine, and her team examined data from 33 Alzheimer Disease Centers (ADCs) entered between September 2005 and December ...Tuesday 29 July 2014
Dementia Patients More Likely to Get Implanted Pacemakers: Study
A new study published in iJAMA Internal Medicine/i finds dementia patients are more likely to get implanted pacemakers for heart rhythm irregularities. To look at the relationships between cognitive status and implantation of a pacemaker, lead investigator Nicole Fowler, Ph.D., a health services researcher formerly at the Pitt School of Medicine, and her team examined data from 33 Alzheimer Disease Centers (ADCs) entered between September 2005 and December ...
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