Direct intracardiac placement of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator coil lead in a small child

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 669-671

  Kantoch, Michal J ^a   Rebeyka, Ivan M ^a   Houlden, Lois A ^a   Dyck, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Child; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUTURE; SYNCOPE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547953396     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum036     Document Type: Article

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