Twiddler's syndrome detected by home monitoring device

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1151-1152

  Scholten, Marcoen F ^a   Thornton, Andrew S ^a   Theuns, Dominic A ^a   Res, Jan ^a   Jordaens, Luc J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Home monitoring; ICD; Twiddler's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWIDDLER SYNDROME;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 4344648910     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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