Use of a retained guidewire to improve the left ventricular pacing threshold

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1285-1287

  Sankaranarayanan, Rajiv ^a   James, Michael A ^a  

^a Taunton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Pacing; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 34848821188     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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