Entirely polytetrafluoroethylene coating for pacemaker system contact dermatitis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-276

  Tamenishi, Akinori ^a   Usui, Akihiko ^a   Oshima, Hideki ^a   Ueda, Yuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pacemaker system; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Skin patch test

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; IRIDIUM; PLATINUM; POLITEF; POLYSULFONE; POLYURETHAN; SILASTIC; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ELECTRODE; GENERATOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; PATCH TEST; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SKIN NECROSIS;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATCH TESTS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849094780     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.169714     Document Type: Article

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