Minimally invasive left ventricular epicardial lead placement: Surgical techniques for heart failure resynchronization therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1536-1544

  Navia, José L ^a   Atik, Fernando A ^a   Grimm, Richard A ^a   Garcia, Mario ^a   Vega, Pablo Ruda ^a   Myhre, Ulf ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a   Martin, David ^a   Houghtaling, Penny L ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Cosgrove, Delos M ^a  

^a Dept Thorac Cardiovasc Surg/F24 ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20944447229     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.041     Document Type: Article

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