Ultrasonographic guidance of transvenous pacemaker insertion in the emergency department: a report of three cases.
We report three cases in which ultrasound was used in the Emergency Department to facilitate the placement of a temporary transvenous cardiac pacemaker.
Macedo
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The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Integrated Residency in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Sturmann
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Kim
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Kang
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional