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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Pacemaker-Lead Code

Chapter:
Nomenclature
Author(s):

Harriet S. Meyer

15.3.9 Pacemaker-Lead Code

The NASPE/BPEG Pacemaker-Lead Code (NBL Code) is as follows:

I (Electrode Configuration)

II (Fixation Mechanism)

III (Insulation Material)

IV (Drug Elution)

U = unipolar

A = active

P = polyurethane

S = steroid

B = bipolar

P = passive

S = silicone rubber

N = nonsteroid

M = multipolar

O = none

D = dual (P+S)

O = none

(Reprinted from Bernstein and Parsonnet11 by permission of Blackwell Publishing.)

Typically, all 4 positions are mentioned, eg, UPSO, BAPS.