Recurrent twiddler's syndrome in a nonthoracotomy ICD system despite a dacron pouch

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 130-133

  Higgins, Steven L ^a   Suh, Brian D ^a   Stein, Joseph B ^b   Meyer, David B ^a   Jons, Johnathan ^b   Willis, Dick ^b  

^a SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dacron pouch; Implantable defibrillator; Inappropriate shocks; Transvenous leads; Twiddler's syndrome

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031933718     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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