Fracture of the subcutaneous patch electrode in a patient with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-118

  Milasinovic, Goran ^a   Jelic, Vera ^a   Savic, Dragutin ^a   Pavlovic, Sinisa U ^a   Velinovic, Milos ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillators; Patch electrode; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PATCH ELECTRODE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 12344268650     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.116     Document Type: Article

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