Interatrial septum pacing guided by three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2139-2143

  Szili Torok, Tamas ^a   Kimman, Geert Jan P ^a   Scholten, Marcoen F ^a   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   Bruining, Nico ^a   Theuns, Dominic A M J ^a   Klootwijk, Peter J ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a   Jordaens, Luc J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037132638     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02603-7     Document Type: Article

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