The buddy wire technique: Accessing lateral coronary veins while maintaining coronary sinus position

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-234

  Perzanowski, Christian ^a   Gilliam, F Roosevelt ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Biventricular pacing; Coronary sinus; Venography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 25444463009     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-2494-0     Document Type: Article

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