Time-limited efficacy of pacing electrodes following open heart surgery

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 681-684

  Kosmas, Constantine E ^a   Ryder, Ronald G ^a   Poon, Mario J ^a   Zelenkofske, Steven L ^a   Banka, Vidya S ^a  

^a EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030280494     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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