Capsule endoscopy in patients with cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators: (re)evaluation of the current state in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2010
Background and Aims. The study was a repeated evaluation of the experience of capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Patients and Methods. A standardized questionnaire was sent by the manufactors Given Imaging and Olympus to all cen...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Gastroenterology research and practice
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| ISSN: | 1687-630X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2012/717408 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/717408 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/2012/717408/ 
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| Author Notes: | Dirk Bandorski, Ralf Jakobs, Martin Brück, Reinhard Hoeltgen, Marcus Wieczorek and Martin Keuchel |
| Summary: | Background and Aims. The study was a repeated evaluation of the experience of capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Patients and Methods. A standardized questionnaire was sent by the manufactors Given Imaging and Olympus to all centers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland providing capsule endoscopy service. The questionnaire covers the number of examined patients, monitoring during CE, check of the electric implants before and after CE, occurrence of arrhythmia, quality of CE video, complications, indication of CE, and type of institution. Results. Overall 580 questionnaires were sent to the users. 26/5% (Germany/Austria |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 26.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1687-630X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2012/717408 |