Safety and effectiveness of placement of pacemaker and defibrillator leads in the axillary vein guided by contrast venography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 892-896

  Ramza, Brian C M ^a   Rosenthal, Lawrence ^a   Hui, Richard ^a   Nsah, Emmanuel ^a   Savader, Scott ^a   Lawrence, John H ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Brinker, Jeffrey ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AXILLARY VEIN; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; AXILLARY VEIN; CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHLEBOTOMY; SAFETY;

EID: 17744418377     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00542-0     Document Type: Article

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