A comparative study of the action of dexamethasone sodium phosphate and dexamethasone acetate in steroid-eluting pacemaker leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-315

  Singarayar, Suresh ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a   De Winter, Chantal ^a   Mond, Harry G ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone acetate; Dexamethasone sodium phosphate; Pacemaker leads; Steroids

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; R WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18044391902     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.40055.x     Document Type: Article

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