Chronic performance of steroid-eluting epicardial leads in a growing pediatric population: A 10-year comparison

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 I, 2003, Pages 1467-1471

  Horenstein, M Silvana ^a   Hakimi, Mehdi ^a   Walters III, Henry ^a   Karpawich, Peter P ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Epicardial electrode; Pediatrics; Steroid eluting leads

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PEDIATRICS; STEROID ELUTING EPICARDIAL LEAD;

EID: 0037594826     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00212.x     Document Type: Article

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