Alternative Method for Cardiac Resynchronization: Transapical Lead Implantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 650-652

  Kassai, Imre ^a   Foldesi, Csaba ^a   Szekely, Andrea ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^a,b  

^a Hungarian Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSAPICAL LEAD IMPLANTATION;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 58249133938     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.080     Document Type: Article

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