Treatment of superior vena caval obstruction following permanent pacemaker extraction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1780-1783

  Newall, Nick ^a   Stables, Rod ^a   Palmer, Nick ^a   Ramsdale, David ^a  

^a Cardiothoracic Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Pacemaker; Transfemoral; Vena caval obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; EXPLANT; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036919688     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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