Percutaneous treatment of superior vena cava obstruction following transvenous device implantation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-59

  Bolad, Islam ^a   Karanam, Sree ^a   Mathew, Dilip ^a   John, Roy ^a   Piemonte, Thomas ^a   Martin, David ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Permanent pacemaker; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18044381125     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20326     Document Type: Article

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