Coronary vein rupture during venoplasty for LV lead placement

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 904-907

  Worley, Seth J ^a,b   Gohn, Douglas C ^a   Pulliam, Robert W ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crt venoplasty; LV lead placement; Vein rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY VEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; STENOSIS; VEIN RUPTURE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; IMPLANTATION; INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RUPTURE; VEIN;

AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RUPTURE; VEINS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 55249115423     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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