Is coronary vein angioplasty necessary to provide cardiac resynchronization in selected patients? A case report

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1116-1118

  Sterliński, Maciej ^a   Sosnowski, Cezary ^a   Zaja̧c, Dariusz ^a   Ruzyłło, Witold ^a   Szwed, Hanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Venous angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 55249108086     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun148     Document Type: Article

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