Risks associated with removal of ventricular epicardial pacing wires after cardiac surgery

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 444-449

  Carroll, Karen C ^a,b   Reeves, Lavonna M ^a,c   Andersen, Georgie ^a   Ray, Felicia M ^a   Clopton, Paul L ^a   Shively, Martha ^a,b   Tarazi, Riyad Y ^a,d  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032199668     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1998.7.6.444     Document Type: Article

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