Atrial pacing leads following open heart surgery: Active or passive fixation?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10 I, 1997, Pages 2429-2433

  Connelly, Derek T ^a,b   Steinhaus, David M ^a   Handlin, Larry ^a   Lemery, Robert ^a   Moutray, Kelly ^a   Foley, Laura ^a   Davie, Scott ^a   Cardinal, Debbie ^a   Lipke, Janet ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; P WAVE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SENSOR;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030662712     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06082.x     Document Type: Article

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