INCREASED PREVALENCE OF SIGNIFICANT TRICUSPID REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKERS LEADS

Authors
PANIAGUA D ALDRICH HR LIEBERMAN EH LAMAS GA AGATSTON AS
Citation
D. Paniagua et al., INCREASED PREVALENCE OF SIGNIFICANT TRICUSPID REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKERS LEADS, The American journal of cardiology, 82(9), 1998, pp. 1130
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:9<1130:IPOSTR>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Transvenous pacemaker leads are associated with an increased prevalenc e of tricuspid regurgitation. This hemodynamic derangement should be c onsidered as part of the clinical cost and complications of permanent pacemaker implantation.