Pacemaker and defibrillator Twiddler's syndrome

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-69

  Pereira, Ph L ^a   Trubenbach J ^a   Farnsworth, C T ^a   Huppert, P E ^a   Claussen, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Heart; ICD; Pacemaker; Twiddler

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRODES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PACEMAKERS;

IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD); TWIDDLER'S SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWIDDLER SYNDROME;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; ROTATION;

EID: 0345712330     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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