Lead fracture in cephalic versus subclavian approach with transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1089-1094

  Gallik, Donna M ^a,b,c   Ben Zur, Uri M ^a   Gross, Jay N ^a   Furman, Seymour ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; lead fracture; subclavian; transvenous defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029789774     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03418.x     Document Type: Article

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