Natural history and predictors of temporary epicardial pacemaker wire function in patients after open heart surgery

Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 175-180

  Elmi, Farhad ^a   Tullo, Nicholas G ^b   Khalighi, Koroush ^c,d  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Easton Cardiovascular Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Open heart surgery; Temporary pacemaker wires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036957710     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067312     Document Type: Article

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