Permanent cardiac pacemakers: Issues relevant to the emergency physician, part I

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 479-489

  Cardall, Taylor Y ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^b   Brady, William J ^b   Perry, James C ^c   Vilke, Gary M ^a   Rosen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electrocardiogram; Malfunction; Pacemaker; Ventricular paced rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEMATOMA; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032960928     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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