A 12-Year Experience of Bipolar Steroid-Eluting Epicardial Pacing Leads in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1704-1711

  Tomaske, Maren ^a   Gerritse, Bart ^b   Kretzers, Leo ^b   Pretre, Rene ^a   Dodge Khatami, Ali ^a   Rahn, Mariette ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR STEROID ELUTING EPICARDIAL PACING LEAD; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; TELEMETRY;

EID: 42949097899     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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