Long-term performance of screw-in atrial pacing leads: A randomized comparison of J-shaped and straight leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 898-902

  Luria, David ^a,b   Bar Lev, David ^a   Gurevitz, Osnat ^a   Granit, Hava ^a   Rotstein, Zeev ^a   Eldar, Michael ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrial pacing; J shaped; Straight shaped leads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREW IN ATRIAL PACING LEAD; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33644685979     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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