Postpacemaker implant pericarditis: Incidence and outcomes with active-fixation leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 833-837

  Sivakumaran, Soori ^a   Irwin, Marleen E ^a   Gulamhusein, Sajad S ^a   Senaratne, Manohara P J ^a  

^a GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Leads; Pacemaker; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; THORAX PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 0036093349     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.t01-1-00833.x     Document Type: Article

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