Nontraditional Surgical Approaches for Implantation of Pacemaker and Cardioverter Defibrillator Systems in Patients With Limited Venous Access

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Jaroszewski, Dawn E ^a   Altemose, Gregory T ^a   Scott, Luis R ^a   Srivasthan, Komandoor ^a   DeValeria, Patrick A ^a   Lackey, Jesse ^a   Arabia, Francisco A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649781613     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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