Right ventricular outflow tract placement of defibrillation leads: Five year experience

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-446

  Giudici, Michael C ^a   Barold, S Serge ^b   Paul, Deborah L ^a   Schrumpf, Phillip E ^c   Van Why, Kent J ^a   Orias, David W ^a  

^a Genesis Heart Institute   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Guidant CRM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Pacing; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 1842865777     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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