Intracardiac echocardiography in patients with pacing and defibrillating leads: A feasibility study

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 632-638

  Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^a   Di Cori, Andrea ^a   Soldati, Ezio ^a   Zucchelli, Giulio ^a   Arena, Giuseppe ^a   Segreti, Luca ^a   De Lucia, Raffaele ^a   Marzilli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac leads; Fibrous adherences; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAR;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 45549097166     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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