Three-dimensional echocardiographic documentation of pacemaker lead perforation presenting as acute pericarditis

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-337

  Stefanidis, Alexandros S ^a   Margos, Panagiotis N ^a   Kotsakis, Athanasios A ^a   Papasteriadis, Evaggelos G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocardial perforation; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEAD; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDITIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67749147514     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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