Pneumothorax: An unusual cause of ICD defibrillation failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 474-475

  Luria, David ^b   Stanton, Marshal S ^c   Eldar, Michael ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031951869     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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