Human experience with transvenous biventricular defibrillation using an electrode in a left ventricular vein

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 324-331

  Butter, Christian ^a   Meisel, Eckhart ^b   Engelmann, Lothar ^c   Eldar, Michael ^d   Fleck, Eckard ^a   Schubert, Bernd ^e   Hahn, Stephen ^e   Michel, Ulrich ^e   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^c  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vein; Defibrillation; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSVENOUS BIVENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036216898     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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