The azygos defibrillator lead for elevated defibrillation thresholds: Implant technique, lead stability, and patient series

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1405-1410

  Cooper, Jonas A ^a   Latacha, Matthew P ^a   Soto, Gabriel E ^a   Garmany, Richard G ^b   Gleva, Marye J ^a   Chen, Jane ^a   Faddis, Mitchell N ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Grand Junction   (United States)

Author keywords

Azygos lead; Defibrillation; Defibrillation threshold test; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Subcutaneous lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZYGOS VEIN; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749099750     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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