Variability of coronary venous anatomy in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: A high-speed rotational venography study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1155-1162

  Blendea, Dan ^a   Shah, Ravi V ^b   Auricchio, Angelo ^c   Nandigam, Veena ^b   Orencole, Mary ^b   Heist, E Kevin ^b   Reddy, Vivek Y ^b   McPherson, Craig A ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^b   Singh, Jagmeet P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Coronary venous anatomy; Coronary venous angiography; Heart failure; Left atrial veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548206373     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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