Prospective study to develop surface landmarks for blind axillary vein puncture for permanent pacemaker and defibrillator lead implantation and compare it to available contrast venography guided technique

Objective: To develop surface landmarks for blind axillary vein puncture for pacemaker lead implantation. Methods and results: Patients for routine coronary angiography were counseled for participating in our study. 20 patients who gave consent were taken up for axillary venogram after proper positi...

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Main Authors: S. Mehrotra, Manoj Kumar Rohit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483215000954