Placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in a 6- month-old infant: Anesthetic management

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-65

  Dumont, Caroline ^a   Dumont, Lionel ^a,b   Mardirosoff, Chahé ^a   De Villé, Andrée ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Divisions Anesth A   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pediatric anesthesia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034008094     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(00)90059-4     Document Type: Article

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