Biventricular Pacing: It Isn't Always as It Seems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2185-2187

  Kistler, Peter M ^a   Mond, Harry G ^a   Corcoran, Susan J M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual site; Epicardial; Right ventricular pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PULSE GENERATOR; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0242636803     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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