Characteristics of patients with cervical spinal injury requiring permanent pacemaker implantation

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ruiz Arango, Andres F ^a   Robinson, Vincent J B ^a   Sharma, Gyanendra K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Cervical spinal trauma; Pacemaker implantation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TELEMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746284872     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000184453.29079.0f     Document Type: Article

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