Epicardial Pacemaker Lead-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 942-943

  Kwak, Jae Gun ^a   Kim, Woong Han ^b   Bae, Eun Jung ^b  

^a Sejong General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 60449085288     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.049     Document Type: Article

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