Alternate site biventricular pacing: Bi-V in the RV - Is there a role?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-569

  Vlay, Stephen C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; HEART DEATH; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2442492772     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00488.x     Document Type: Editorial

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