Chronic performance of a transvenous steroid pacing lead used as an epi- intramyocardial electrode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1486-1488

  Karpawich, Peter P ^a,b   Walters, Henry ^a   Hakimi, Mehdi ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart; Epicardial pacing; High threshold; Steroid elution

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PACING; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0031926939     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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