Two-year performance of a preshaped lead for left ventricular stimulation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1610-1614

  Schuchert, Andreas ^a,g   Seidl, Karlheinz ^b   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^c   Oltmanns, Gerhard ^d   Dänschel, Wilfried ^e   Aydin, Mohammed Ali ^a   Paul, Vince ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d DRK Klinik   (Germany)

^e Heart Center   (Germany)

^f HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture threshold; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Lead impedance; Left ventricular stimulation; Sensing threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 11144298695     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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