A case of inefficient defibrillation during thoracotomy

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-339

  Sponga, Sandro ^a,c   Mascioli, Giosuè ^a   Voisine, Pierre ^b   Vitali, Ettore ^a  

^a Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATING ROOM; PERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOTOMY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOTOMY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79957521208     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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