Capture management efficacy in children and young adults with endocardial and unipolar epicardial systems

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-255

  Cohen, Mitchell I ^a,c   Buck, Karen ^a   Tanel, Ronn E ^a   Vetter, Victoria L ^a   Rhodes, Larry A ^a   Cox, James ^b   Sheldon, Todd ^b   Ruetz, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epicardial; Evoked response; Pacemaker; Ventricular Capture Management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EPICARDIUM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3242663630     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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