Electrophysiological characteristics of bipolar membrane carbon leads with and without steroid elution compared with a conventional carbon and a steroid-eluting platinum lead

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1155-1161

  Wiegand, Uwe K H ^a   Potratz, Jürgen ^a   Lüninghake, Frank ^a   Taubert, Gunnar ^a   Brandes, Axel ^a   Diederich, Karl Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

bipolar leads; carbon; membrane cover; steroid elution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PLATINUM; SILICONE; STEROID; TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029767427     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04185.x     Document Type: Article

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