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Benefits and Risks of Promethium Battery-Powered Pacemakers

  • Franco R
  • Smith M
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (1975), 539-550
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-66187-7_33
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Abstract

A benefit/risk analysis of the promethium-147-fueled pacemaker battery has been presented. Benefits are based principally on its expected lifetime of 7 to 9 years in a pacemaker. This fact reduces, for the patient, risks of the effects of battery depletion and risks of the complications of reimplantation operations. The increased battery life also decreases costs.

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Franco, R., & Smith, M. L. (1975). Benefits and Risks of Promethium Battery-Powered Pacemakers. In Engineering in Medicine (pp. 539–550). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66187-7_33

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