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Of pacemakers and statistics: the actuarial method extended.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6160497     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Pacemakers cease functioning because of either natural battery exhaustion (nbe) or component failure (cf). A study of four series of pacemakers shows that a simple extension of the actuarial method, so as to incorporate Normal statistics, makes possible a quantitative differentiation between the two modes of failure. This involves the separation of the overall failure probability density function PDF(t) into constituent parts pdfnbe(t) and pdfcf(t). The approach should allow a meaningful comparison of the characteristics of different pacemaker types.
Authors:
J Dussel; A B Wolbarst; R N Scott-Millar; I W Obel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE     Volume:  3     ISSN:  0147-8389     ISO Abbreviation:  Pacing Clin Electrophysiol     Publication Date:  1980 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1981-02-19     Completed Date:  1981-02-19     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7803944     Medline TA:  Pacing Clin Electrophysiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  8-16     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Statistics as Topic
Time Factors

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