Clinical performance of steroid-eluting pacing leads with 1.2-mm2 electrodes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2799-2809

  Danilovic, Dejan ^a   Breivik, Kjell ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electrode stability; Electrode surface; High impedance; High slew rates; Low threshold

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; TISSUE REACTION; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ARRHYTHMIA; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030696326     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05438.x     Document Type: Article

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