Clinical experience with passive-fixation coradial bipolar endocardial pacing leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2291-2299

  Belott, Peter H ^a,b,h   Rizo Patrón, Carlos ^c   Brownstein, Sheldon L ^d   Antimisiaris, Michael ^e   Tyers, G Frank O ^f   Ramos, José L ^g  

^a ALVARADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Sacred Heart Medical Center Eugene   (United States)

^f VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Intermedics Inc   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar pacing; Cardiac pacing leads; Passive fixation leads

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031753266     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01169.x     Document Type: Article

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