Venous obstruction due to insertion of permanent transvenous pacemaker electrodes in children

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-377

  Çeliker, Alpay ^a   Tokel, Kürsad ^a   Balkanci, Ferhun ^a   Çekirge, Saruhan ^a   Oto, Ali ^a   Özme, Şencan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Pacemaker complication; Transvenous pacing; Venous obstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011654308     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004364     Document Type: Article

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