Hiccup as a result of late lead perforation: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 963-965

  Celik, Turgay ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a   Bugan, Baris ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Akgun, Veysel ^a   Cingoz, Faruk ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART INJURIES; HICCUP; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67650869762     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup071     Document Type: Article

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