Infection and superior vena cava syndrome after pacemaker implantations: Major consequences of a minor intervention;Infectie en V.-cava-superiorsyndroom na pacemakerimplantaties: Grote gevolgen van een kleine ingreep

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 141, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 1321-1324

  De Kluiver, E P ^a   Hoorntje, J C A ^a   Leicher, F G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0030610341     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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