Placement of a permanent epicardial pacemaker in children using a subcostal approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-175

  Warner, Kenneth G ^a   Halpin, Dermot P ^a   Berul, Charles I ^a   Payne, Douglas D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032796584     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00399-9     Document Type: Article

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