Leadless pacing of the heart using induction technology: A feasibility study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Wieneke, Heinrich ^a   Konorza, Thomas ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Kisker, Erhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal studies; New technology; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART; HEART RATE; MAGNETICS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SWINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 58849120512     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02200.x     Document Type: Article

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