Stent implantation for the treatment of superior vena cava syndrome related to pacemaker leads

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-158

  Gilard, M ^a   Perennes A ^a   Mansourati, J ^a   Etienne, Y ^a   Fatemi, M ^a   Blanc, J J ^a   Boschat, J ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pacing; Stenting; Venoplasty; Venous stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 0036556444     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0230     Document Type: Article

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