Recurrent pericardial chest pain: A case of late right ventricular perforation after implantation of a transvenous active-fixation ICD lead

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 116-118

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Bytenik, J A N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cardiac perforation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Transvenous lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0035110248     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.t01-1-00116.x     Document Type: Article

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