Selective-site pacing in paediatric patients: Use of the SelectSecure System and risk of vein occlusion

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1286-1289

  Gabbarini, Fulvio ^a   Agnoletti, Gabriella ^a  

^a Regina Margherita Paediatric Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leads; Pacing; Paediatric; Selective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EDEMA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SWELLING; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 77956523973     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq268     Document Type: Article

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