Long-term results of a cardiovascular implantable electronic device wrapped with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Yashiro, Bun ^a   Shoda, Morio ^a   Tomizawa, Yasuko ^a   Manaka, Tetsuyuki ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Device sensitivity; Infection; Pacemaker; Polytetrafluoroethylene sheet Introduction

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; DEFIBRILLATOR PACEMAKER; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SWELLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868382992     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-012-0634-8     Document Type: Article

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