Cerebral embolism resulting from a transvenous pacemaker catheter inadvertently placed in the left ventricle: A report of two cases confirmed by echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 681-684

  Arnar, David O ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emboli; Left ventricle; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035701120     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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