Transcutaneous Implantation of an Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator in a Small Infant with Recurrent Myocardial Ischemia and Cardiac Arrest Simulating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 112-116

  Greene, Anne E ^a   Moak, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Di Russo, Gregory ^a   Berger, John T ^a   Heshmat, Yasser ^a   Kuehl, Karen S ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; ICD implantation; Infant; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CALCIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FATTY ACIDS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1642520631     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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