Utilization of intracardiac echocardiography to access the coronary sinus for left ventricular lead placement

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 493-497

  Shalaby, Alaa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VESSELS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20544454974     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50046.x     Document Type: Article

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