Novel Minimally Invasive, Intrapericardial Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Coil System: A Useful Approach to Arrhythmia Therapy in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1234-1239

  Hsia, Tain Yen ^a   Bradley, Scott M ^a   LaPage, Martin J ^a   Whelan, Sean ^a   Saul, J Philip ^a   Ringewald, Jeremy M ^a   Reed, John H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PERICARDIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; INFANT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 62649108454     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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