Characterization of human coronary sinus valves by direct visualization during biventricular pacemaker implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Anh, D J ^a   Eversull, Christian S ^b   Chen, Henry A ^a   Mofrad, Pirooz ^a   Mourlas, Nicholas J ^b   Hardwin Mead, R ^c   Zei, Paul C ^a   Hsia, Henry H ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Acumen Medical Inc   (United States)

^c SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Coronary sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPES; ANGIOSCOPY; BALLOON DILATATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 37549043565     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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