Biventricular pacing for end-stage heart failure: Early experience in surgical vs. transvenous left ventricular lead placement

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 839-844

  Atoui, Rony ^a   Essebag, Vidal ^a,b   Wu, Valerie ^a   Ge, Yin ^a   Auclair, Marie Helene ^a   Hadjis, Tom ^a,b   Shum Tim, Dominique ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Chronic resynchronization therapy; Congestive heart failure; Epicardial leads; Mini thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 53349121540     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.178301     Document Type: Article

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