Cardioembolic stroke due to left ventricular pacemaker lead. A case report;Casi clinici: Stroke cardioembolico dovuto a malposizionamento di elettrocatetere in ventricolo sinistro. Descrizione di un caso

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-125

  Agnelli, D ^a   Ferrari, A ^a   Saltafossi, D ^a   Falcone, C ^a  

^a Ospedale Generale 'Sacra Famiglia'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Cerebral embolism; Lead malposition; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERFORATION; STROKE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRODE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETREATMENT; REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRODES; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETREATMENT;

EID: 0033734991     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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