Successful implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement in an ambulatory patient without thoracic venous access

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 716-718

  Eldadah, Zayd A ^a   Donahue, J Kevin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left femoral venous approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIPHLEBOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 2942525661     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03435.x     Document Type: Article

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