Pacemaker contact dermatitis: The effective use of a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1299-1302

  Ishii, Kensuke ^a   Kodani, Eitaro ^a   Miyamoto, Shinjiro ^a   Otsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Hosone, Masaru ^a   Ogata, Ken Ichi ^a   Sato, Wataru ^a   Matsumoto, Shin ^a   Tadera, Takeshi ^a   Ibuki, Chikao ^a   Kusama, Yoshiki ^a   Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Pacemaker; Polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; PATCH TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMPLANTATION;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

EID: 33750689507     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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