Histopathological study of tissue reaction to pacemaker electrodes implanted in the endocardium

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Mase, Hiroshi ^a   Tamura, Koichi ^a,b   Hiromoto, Atsushi ^a   Hotta, Masahiro ^a   Hotomi, Saori ^a   Togashi, Mayuko ^a   Fukuda, Yuh ^a   Yajima, Toshimi ^a   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a   Sugisaki, Yuichi ^a,b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Pacing electrode; Pathology; PM implantation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEATH; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE REACTION; ELECTRODE; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 21844440862     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.52     Document Type: Article

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