Technical aspects of implantation of LV lead for cardiac resynchronization therapy in chronic heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 783-790

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Riedlbauchová, Lucie ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Bytešník, Jan ^a   Vančura, Vlastimil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Chronic heart failure; Coronary sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 2942545739     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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