Electrocautery-induced ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation during device implantation and explantation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Lo, Ronald ^a   Mitrache, Alexandru ^a   Quan, Weilun ^a   Cohen, Todd J ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; MALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33846173608     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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