Assessment of the subclavian vein in patients with transvenous pacemaker leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2621-2630

  Zuber, Michel ^b   Huber, Peter ^b   Fricker, Urs ^b   Buser, Peter ^b   Jäger, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; Pacemaker leads; Subclavian vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032437885     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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