Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of tricuspid valve regurgitation during pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead extraction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1583-1586

  Roeffel, Simone ^a   Bracke, Frank ^a   Meijer, Albert ^a   Van Gelder, Berry ^a   Van Dantzig, Jan Melle ^a   Joost Botman, Cees ^a   Peels, Kathinka ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillator; Laser; Lead extraction; Pacemaker; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036854491     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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