Single pass lead VDD pacing in children and adolescents

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 I, 1997, Pages 1961-1966

  Rosenheck, Shimon ^a   Elami, Amir ^a   Amikam, Shlomo ^b   Erdman, Shimshon ^c   Ovsyshcher, I Eli ^d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Dual chamber; Endocardial pacing; VDD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 0030751544     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03602.x     Document Type: Article

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