Ventricular Capture Management™ in pediatric pacing: Efficacy and safety

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 751-756

  Silvetti, Massimo S ^a   De Santis, Antonella ^a   Grutter, Giorgia ^a   Di Ciommo, Vincenzo ^a   Drago, Fabrizio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Circadian variation; Pacemaker; Pediatric age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744751234     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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