Delayed pericarditis associated with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation using an active-fixation atrial lead

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 621-623

  Kono, Koichi ^a   Todoroki, Masakatsu ^a   Karasawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ito, Itaru ^a   Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi ^a   Shinbo, Goro ^a   Horinaka, Shigeo ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroaki ^a   Mochizuki, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fixation; Lead; Pacemaker; Pathology; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 42649120671     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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