Acute superior vena cava syndrome after insertion of implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-249

  Rossi, Andrea ^a   Baravelli, Massimo ^a   Cattaneo, Paolo ^a   Romano, Melania ^a   Mariscalco, Giovanni ^b   Imperiale, Daniela ^a   Rossi, Maria Cristina ^a   Picozzi, Anna ^a   Dario, Paola ^a   Anza, Claudio ^a   Montenero, Annibale Sandro ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^b Varese University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implantable pacemaker; Superior vena cava syndrome; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56549085168     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9295-1     Document Type: Article

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