Absorbable suture technique: Solution to the growth problem in pediatric pacing with endocardial leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Stojanov, Petar ^a   Velimirovic, Dusan ^a   Hrnjak, Vladimir ^b   Pavlovic, Sinisa U ^a   Zivkovic, Mirjana ^a   Djordjevic, Zoran ^a  

^a ORL Institute   (Yugoslavia)

^b Mother and Child Health Institute

Author keywords

Children pacing; Endovenous lead; Growth; Resorbable suture

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031932802     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01062.x     Document Type: Article

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