Left Atrial Vein Pacing: A Technique of Biatrial Pacing for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-245

  Birnie, David ^a   Connors, Sean P ^a   Veinot, John P ^a   Green, Martin ^a   Stinson, William A ^a   Tang, Anthony S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Biatrial; Coronary sinus; Left atrial vein; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; REMOTE SENSING; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CADAVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 1342343902     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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