Failure of left-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation due to absence of left brachiocephalic vein

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1842-1843

  Antonelli, Dante ^a   Freedberg, Nahum Adam ^a   Rosenfeld, Tiberio ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left brachiocephalic vein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0033376365     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00425.x     Document Type: Article

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