Cardiac pacing systems and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs): A radiological perspective of equipment, anatomy and complications

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 699-708

  Burney, K ^a,c   Burchard, F ^a   Papouchado, M ^a,b   Wilde, P ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing, artificial; Complications; Defibrillators, implantable; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONDUCTOR; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 3543129491     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.01.009     Document Type: Review

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