Alternate pacing sites in the atria and the right ventricle

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Theodorakis, George N ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternate sites; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; P WAVE; RELAPSE; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 30944437629     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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