iCor Institut del cor del Germans Trias i Pujol
Devices implantation and follow up
Badalona's Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital has been pioneer on cardiac pacing devices implantations done by cardiologists, startin in 1988.
Graph of the annual evolution of the number of primoimplants of pacemakers.
Pacemaker primoimplants.
Total at the end of 2012: 4.057
In 2003 the implantation of desfibrillators and resincronizators started.
Primoimplants of desfibrillators (red) and resincronizators (blue).
Total DAIs at the end of 2012: 283
Total CRTs at the end of 2012: 142
(global: 342)
In july 2013 the total number of patients that are activelly followed is 2.537
The follow-up is done by a self-made program.