Prevalence and significance of lead-related thrombi in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Chow, Benjamin J W ^a,b   Hassan, Ali H ^a,b   Chan, Kwan L ^a,b   Tang, Anthony S L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037221999     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03007-2     Document Type: Article

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