Clinical evaluation of a thin bipolar pacing lead

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 637-646

  Breivik, Kjell ^a,e   Danilovic, Dejan ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a   Guerola, Modesto ^b   Stertman, Wilhelm Alfred ^c   Suntinger, Anton ^d  

^a University School of Medicine   (Norway)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

bipolar lead; coated wire; drawn filled tube; impedance; technology; threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0031000161     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03882.x     Document Type: Article

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