Implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators from an ileofemoral approach

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Perzanowski, Christian ^a   Timothy, Pamela ^a   McAfee, Molly ^a   McDaniel, Martin ^b   Meyer, David ^c   Torres, Vilma ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation thresholds; ICD; ileo femoral; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 4644262179     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000042355.73042.25     Document Type: Article

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