Selective site pacing in paediatric patients - Technology or function?

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 542-543

  Gammage, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; STEROID;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CATHETER; CORONARY SINUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 66749189596     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup073     Document Type: Editorial

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