Successful cardiac resynchronization with single-site left ventricular pacing in children

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-143

  Tomaske, Maren ^a   Breithardt, Ole A ^b   Balmer, Christian ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization; Children; Epicardial pacing leads; Left ventricular pacing; Single site

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650733477     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.048     Document Type: Article

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