Patient- and lead-related factors affecting lead fracture in children with transvenous permanent pacemaker

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 844-847

  Olgun, Hasim ^a   Karagoz, Tevfik ^b   Celiker, Alpay ^b   Ceviz, Naci ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Endocardial; Lead fracture; Pacemaker; Transvenous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849148000     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun109     Document Type: Article

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