Prevalence of complications during implantation and during 38-month follow-up of 1060 consecutive patients with implantable cardioverter- defibrillators

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tsai, Fausan S ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Devabhaktuni, Srikala ^a   Desai, Harit ^a   Kruger, Adam ^a   Lai, Hoang M ^a   Frishman, William H ^a   Cohen, Martin ^a   Sorbera, Carmine ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator replacement; Hematoma; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead fracture; Lead infection; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKIN ATROPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 76149134410     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181855c6b     Document Type: Article

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