A new endocardial "over-the-wire" or stylet-driven left ventricular lead: First clinical experience

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Ellery, Sue ^a   Paul, Vince ^a   Prenner, Guenther ^b   Tscheliessnigg, Karlheinz ^b   Merkely, Bela ^c   Malinowski, Klaus ^d   Fröhlig, Gerd ^e   Hintringer, Florian ^f   Bosse, Olaf ^g   Diotallevi, Paolo ^h   Ravazzi, Antonio P ^h   Flathmann, Horst ⁱ   Danilovic, Dejan ⁱ   Unterberg Buchwald, Christina ^j  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d HELIOS Clinic   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g Clinic Traunstein   (Germany)

^h Ospedale Civile SS Antonio e Biagio   (Italy)

ⁱ Biotronik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Endocardial left ventricular lead; Left ventricular lead; Pacing lead implantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 19944432481     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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