Subcutaneous array with active can implantable cardioverter defibrillator configuration: A follow-up study

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-129

  Kaltman, Jonathan R ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a   Rhodes, Larry A ^b   Buck, Karen ^a   Shah, Maully J ^a   Vetter, Victoria L ^a   Madan, Nandini ^c   Tanel, Ronn E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator; Pediatrics; Subcutaneous Array

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SKIN INCISION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRIC WIRING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33947198742     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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