Delayed right ventricular perforation by a transvenous active fixation implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical management

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2112-2113

  Ferrero de Loma Osorio, Ángel ^a   Albors Martin, José ^a   Ruiz Granell, Ricardo ^a   Dominguez Mafe E ^a   Bahamonde Romano, José Ángel ^a   Palau Sampio, Patricia ^a   Boix Garibo, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; INJURY; LONG QT SYNDROME; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 65449166073     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.829788     Document Type: Article

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