Twiddler's syndrome with transvenous defibrillators in the pectoral region

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1419-1421

  Saliba, Bassam C ^a   Ghantous, Andre E ^a   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a,b   Marieb, Mark A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBESITY; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032873113     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00641.x     Document Type: Article

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