A Comparison of Lead Placement Through the Subclavian Vein Technique With Fluoroscopy-Guided Axillary Vein Technique for Permanent Pacemaker Insertion

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-546

  Sharma, Gautam ^a   Senguttuvan, Nagendra Boopathy ^a   Thachil, Ajit ^a   Leong, Darryl ^a   Naik, Nitish ^a   Yadav, Rakesh ^a   Juneja, Rajnish ^a   Bahl, Vinay K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AXILLARY VEIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED AXILLARY PUNCTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART PACING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRATHORACIC SUBCLAVIAN PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; AXILLARY VEIN; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866386956     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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