High impedance low energy pacing leads: Long-term results with a very small surface area steroid-eluting lead compared to three conventional electrodes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-334

  Moracchini, Pier Vittorio ^a,d   Cornacchia, Daniele ^c   Bernasconi, Marco ^b   Tesorieri, Maria Cristina ^a   Fabbri, Mauro ^c   Marzegalli, Maurizio ^b   Baraldi, Paolo ^a   Corte, Tiziano ^a   Giuliani, Mauro ^a   Marotta, Tiziana ^e   De Seta, Francesco ^e  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Degli Infermi Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

High impedance leads; Low energy pacing; Steroid eluting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033044199     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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