Prospective randomized comparison of the safety and effectiveness of placement of endocardial pacemaker and defibrillator leads using the extrathoracic subclavian vein guided by contrast venography versus the cephalic approach

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 456-464

  Calkins, Hugh ^a   Ramza, Brian M ^a   Brinker, Jeffrey ^a   Atiga, Water ^a   Donahue, Kevin ^a   Nsah, Emmanuel ^a   Taylor, Eric ^a   Halperin, Henry ^a   Lawrence, John H ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocardial lead; Implantable defibrillator; Pacemaker; Subclavian vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035040315     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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