Superior vena cava syndrome due to a permanent transvenous pacing lead

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 707-709

  Ito, Tatsuo ^a   Tanouchi, Jun ^a   Kawabata, Masayoshi ^a   Tanaka, Kenjiro ^a   Miyawaki, Miwa ^a   Kato, Junji ^a   Morioka, Toshikazu ^a   Nishino, Masami ^a   Iwai, Kunimitsu ^a   Tanahashi, Hideo ^a   Yamada, Yoshio ^a  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Pacemaker; Superior vena cava syndrome; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 3042879600     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.60.707     Document Type: Article

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