Predictors of fracture in the Accufix(TM) atrial 'J' lead

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-231

  Saliba, Bassam C ^b   Ardesia, Robert J ^b   John, Roy M ^b   Venditti, Ferdinand J ^b   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0030855518     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00330-5     Document Type: Article

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