Endoscopic diathermy in patients with cardiac pacemakers

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 544-547

  Veitch, A ^a   Fairclough, P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COLONOSCOPY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031710489     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001341     Document Type: Article

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