Different venous angioplasty manoeuvres for successful implantation of CRT devices

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Luedorff, Guido ^a   Grove, Rainer ^a   Kranig, Wolfgang ^a   Thale, J ^a  

^a Heart Center Osnabrueck Bad Rothenfelde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Cardiacresynchronization therapy; Coronary sinus; Coronary veins; Venoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VEIN DILATATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61349161072     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0734-x     Document Type: Article

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