Twiddler's syndrome variants in ICD patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2685-2687

  Boyle, Noel G ^a   Anselme, Frederic ^a   Monahan, Kevin M ^a   Beswick, Philippa ^a   Schuger, Claudio D ^a   Zebede, Joseph ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillator; Endocardial leads; Twiddler's syndrome variants

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; SUTURING METHOD; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; ROTATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032422057     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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