Complete heart block during central venous catheter placement in a patient with pre-existing left bundle branch block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 747-749

  Unnikrishnan, D ^a,b   Idris, N ^a   Varshneya, N ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications, left bundle branch block; Equipment, catheters central venous; Heart, arrhythmia; Heart, catheterization

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FUROSEMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; LISINOPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER;

EID: 0242635906     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg242     Document Type: Article

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