Development of a Novel Temporary Epicardial Pacing Wire With Biodegradable Film

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1489-1493

  Narita, Yuji ^a,b   Fukuhira, Yukako ^c   Kagami, Hideaki ^a   Kitazono, Eiichi ^c   Kaneko, Hiroaki ^c   Sumi, Yoshihiko ^c   Usui, Akihiko ^a   Ueda, Minoru ^b   Ueda, Yuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FILM; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOGS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LACTONES; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; POLYESTERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 33748741010     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.040     Document Type: Article

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