Twiddler's syndrome complicating a transvenous defibrillator lead system

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1391-1394

  De Buitleir, Michael ^a   Canver, Charles C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable defibrillator; twiddler's syndrome; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030053175     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1391     Document Type: Article

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