Subpectoral cardioverter-defibrillator implantation using a lateral approach

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 611-619

  Costeas, Xenophon F ^a   Strembelas, Panayotis G ^a   Markou, Demetrios X ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos I ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Implantation technique; Submuscular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034515197     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026569700036     Document Type: Article

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