Achieving permanent left ventricular pacing - Options and choice

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1466-1477

  Lau, Ernest W ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary sinus; Lead extraction; Lead replacement; Left ventricular lead placement; Surgical epicardial lead; Transseptal endocardial left ventricular lead

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 70350233624     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02514.x     Document Type: Review

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