Incidence of venous obstruction following insertion of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. A study of systematic contrast venography on patients presenting for their first elective ICD generator replacement

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Lickfett, Lars ^a   Bitzen, Alexander ^a   Arepally, Aravind ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^b   Wolpert, Christian ^c   Jeong, Kyung Mi ^a   Krause, Ulf ^a   Schimpf, Rainer ^c   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^b   Jung, Werner ^d   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Academic Hospital Villingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast venography; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Venous obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN OCCLUSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 3042745792     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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