Cardiac arrest as a major complication of bilateral cervico-dorsal sympathectomy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-239

  O'Connor, Kim ^a,b   Molin, Franck ^a   Poirier, Paul ^a   Vaillancourt, Rosaire ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac complication; Hyperhidrosis; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICODORSAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449110511     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.188011     Document Type: Article

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