Erosion of internal cardioverter defibrillator pocket and migration of pulse generator into the peritoneal cavity

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1528-1529

  Chitkara, Vinay K ^a   Vlay, Stephen C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD therapy; pulse generator migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PULSE GENERATOR;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL CAVITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029796027     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03173.x     Document Type: Article

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