Treatment of superior vena cava obstruction secondary to pacemaker wires with balloon venoplasty and insertion of metallic stents

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1465-1470

  Teo, N ^a,d   Sabharwal, T ^a   Rowland, E ^b   Curry, P ^c   Adam, A ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON BRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon venoplasty; Cardiac pacemaker; Superior vena cava stenosis; Venous stenting

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VEIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LONG TERM CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SAFETY; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0036765083     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3260     Document Type: Article

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