Implantation of a biventricular pacing system in a patient with a coronary sinus not communicating with the right atrium

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1294-1296

  Van Gelder, Berry M ^a   Elders, Jan ^a   Bracke, Frank A ^a   Meijer, Albert ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Coronary sinus anomaly; Persistent left superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0037728754     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00184.x     Document Type: Article

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