Permanent transfemoral pacemaker implantation is the technique of choice for patients in whom the superior vena cava is inaccessible

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 446-449

  Barakat, Khalid ^a   Hill, Jonathan ^a   Kelly, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fern oral; Iliac; Pacing; Transfemoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034090612     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00825.x     Document Type: Article

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