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Self-taught axillary vein access without venography for pacemaker implantation: prospective randomized comparison with the cephalic vein access

Fabien Squara, Julien Tomi, Didier Scarlatti, Guillaume Théodore, Pamela Moceri, Émile Ferrari

EP Europace · 2016 · 46 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Self-taught axillary vein puncture for pacemaker implantation seems immediately safe and faster than cephalic vein access, when performed by electrophysiologists trained to pacemaker implantation but not to axillary vein puncture.

References

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Ngai‐Yin Chan, Nim-Pong Kwong, Adrian-Piers Cheong · EP Europace · 2016 · 97 citations · Full text

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