Use of a single coil transvenous electrode with an abdominally placed implantable cardioverter defibrillator in children

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 884-887

  Fischbach, Peter S ^a,b   Law, Ian H ^a   Dick II, Macdonald ^a   Leroy, Sarah ^a   Mosca, Ralph S ^a   Serwer, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal implant; Arrhythmia; Children; Defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PACEMAKER FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034081756     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00859.x     Document Type: Article

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