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[A follow-up by telephone of patients wearing a pacemaker--the experience of the Cardiac Pacing Center of the Hospitais de Universidade de Coimbra].

OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the viability of the transtelephonic follow-up of paced patients, and its economical, human and practical consequences.


SETTING
Pacing center of a central university hospital and departments of cardiology in district hospitals.


INTERVENTIONS
400 patients under transtelephonic follow-up, between April 1983 and December 1992, with a total of 1200 transtelephonic consultations. Analysis of the parameters of the stimulation and of the ECG tracings transmitted by a Transmitter Receptor Medtronic Teletrace 9403.


RESULTS
No technical problems were found in the transtelephonic transmission and clear ECG tracings were recorded. A very substantial decrease in follow-up costs was so obtained.


CONCLUSION
The transtelephonic monitoring of paced patients is a possible, useful and accurate method of follow-up.