Right atrial pacemaker lead thrombosis causing tricuspid inflow obstruction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-264

  Tugcu, Aylin ^a   Yildirimturk, Ozlem ^a   Tayyareci, Yelda ^a   Sagbas, Ertan ^b   Yazicioglu, Nuran ^a   Aytekin, Saide ^a,b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Thrombosis; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID INFLOW OBSTRUCTION; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AGED; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 58849109841     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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