Partial rupture of the tricuspid valve after extraction of permanent pacemaker leads: Detection by transesophageal echocardiography

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 971-974

  Assayag, Patrick ^a   Thuaire, Christophe ^a   Benamer, Hakim ^a   Sebbah, Joel ^a   Leport, Catherine ^a   Brochet, Eric ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Lead extraction; Pacemaker lead; Transesophageal echocardiography; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART BLOCK; INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES; FOREIGN BODIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033008662     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb06828.x     Document Type: Article

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