Implantation of active fixation leads in coronary veins for left ventricular stimulation: Report of five cases

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Hansky, Bert ^a,b   Vogt, Juergen ^a   Gueldner, Holger ^a   Schulte Eistrup, Sebastian ^a   Lamp, Barbara ^a   Heintze, Johannes ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active fixation leads; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Coronary vein leads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY VEIN; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; VEIN PERFORATION;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33846331652     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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