Right hemidiaphragmatic twitching: A complication of bipolar atrial pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1732-1733

  Khan, Aftab A ^a   Nash, Antony ^a   Ring, Nicholas J ^a   Marshall, Andrew J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Diaphragm; Pacemaker; Pacing lead

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; PHRENIC NERVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 0030740204     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03550.x     Document Type: Article

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