Focused force coronary venoplasty to eliminate a refractory stenosis preventing LV lead placement in two patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1503-1505

  Worley, Seth J ^a,b   Gohn, Douglas C ^a   Pulliam, Robert W ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddy wire; Cardiac pacing; Cardiac resynchronization; Coronary vein stenosis; Venoplasty; Wire focused angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 53849125811     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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