Risk factors for venous obstruction in children with transvenous pacing leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 I, 1997, Pages 1902-1909

  Figa, Felicia H ^b   Mccrindle, Brian W ^b   Bigras, Jean Luc ^b   Hamilton, Robert M ^b   Gow, Robert M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEINS;

EID: 0030739627     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03594.x     Document Type: Article

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