Electrophysiologist-implanted transvenous cardioverter defibrillators using local versus general anesthesia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-105

  Manolis, Antonis S ^a,c   Maounis, Themos ^a   Vassilikos, Vassilis ^a   Chiladakis, John ^b   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Department of Cardiology ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Defibrillation; Sudden death; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; EDROPHONIUM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SYNCOPE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0033977397     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00654.x     Document Type: Article

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