Management of Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Caused by Epicardial Pacemaker Leads in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1757-1758

  Wells, Winfield J ^a,b   Batra, Anjan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PACING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC PATCH; SILASTIC TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0242468584     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00557-5     Document Type: Article

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