Late perforation by cardiac implantable electronic device leads: Clinical presentation, diagnostic clues, and management

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 466-475

  Refaat, Marwan M ^a   Hashash, Jana G ^a   Shalaby, Alaa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955993273     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20803     Document Type: Review

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