The coronary venous anatomy: A segmental approach to aid cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-74

  Singh, Jagmeet P ^a   Houser, Stuart ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 21344449340     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.017     Document Type: Review

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