Inferior vena cava loop of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator endocardial lead: A possible solution to the growth problem in pediatric implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12 I, 2000, Pages 2108-2112

  Gasparini, Maurizio ^a,c   Mantica, Massimo ^a   Galimberti, Paola ^a   Coltorti, Fernando ^a   Ceriotti, Carlo ^a   Priori, Silvia G ^b  

^a Istituto Clinico Huinanitas   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocardial leads; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Long QT syndrome; Pediatric pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034494712     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00784.x     Document Type: Article

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