Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in a Child Using a Single Subcutaneous Array Lead and an Abdominal Active Can

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-119

  Luedemann, Monika ^a   Hund, Karin ^a   Stertmann, Wilhelm ^a   Michel Behnke, Ina ^a   Gonzales, Maria ^a   Akintuerk, Hakan ^a   Schranz, Dietmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Defibrillator; ICD; Nonthoracotomy; Subcutaneous array lead

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 1642561513     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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