Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 379-383 , December 2009

Post-cardiac injury syndrome following transvenous pacemaker insertion: A case report and review of the literature

  • Cihan Cevik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 806 7433155; fax: +1 806 7433148.
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  • Troy Wilborn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
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  • Rita Corona

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
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  • Elizabeth Schanzmeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
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  • Kenneth Nugent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States

Received 27 October 2008 ,Revised 2 April 2009 ,Accepted 4 April 2009.

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PII: S1443-9506(09)00167-X

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.04.001

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 379-383 , December 2009

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