Patch migration: A serious late complication of thoracotomy lead systems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2616-2620

  Singer, Igor ^a   Calzada, Norberto ^c   Austin III, Erle H ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Complications of ICD leads; Epicardial patch leads; ICD; Lead migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; THORACOTOMY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032407854     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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