Evaluation of safety and efficacy of pacemaker and defibrillator implantation by axillary incision in pediatric patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-307

  Lee, Joselyn C R ^a,c   Shannon, Kevin ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^d   Klitzner, Thomas S ^a   Bersohn, Malcolm M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Heart Institute for Children   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MUSTARD OPERATION; MYOCARDITIS; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AXILLARY VEIN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542401329     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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