The 'SPEM' (Studio Policentrico Elettrocateteri Membrane): A multicenter study on membrane leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1943-1948

  Rusconi, Luigi ^a,c   Sigliano, Riccardo ^b   Mininno, Antonio ^b  

^a Ospedale G Ceccarini   (Italy)

^b Pacesetter Div St Jude Med I   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low energy stimulation; Pacing threshold; Steroid eluting leads

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MEMBRANE; PACEMAKER;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031660335     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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