Long-term experience with subcutaneous ICD leads: A comparison among three different types of subcutaneous leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1355-1361

  Kettering, Klaus ^a   Mewis, Christian ^a   Dörnberger, Volker ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Bosch, Ralph F ^a   Seipel, Ludger ^a   Kühlkamp, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Death; Defibrillators; Electrodes; Implantable; Implanted; Sudden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS ELECTRODE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7744246833     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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