Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia caused by electrocautery during pacemaker generator change in a patient with normal left ventricular function

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 957-958

  Goel, Anil K ^a   Korotkin, Steven ^a   Walsh, Daniel ^a   Bess, Marianne ^a   Frawley, Susan ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacing; VT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; OUTPATIENT; PACEMAKER;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650687065     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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