Preserved cardiac synchrony and function with single-site left ventricular epicardial pacing during mid-term follow-up in paediatric patients

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1168-1176

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

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349443277     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup178     Document Type: Article

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