Development of a new lead for in utero fetal pacing

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Boudjemline, Younes ^a   Rosenblatt, Jonathan ^b   De La Villeon, Grégoire ^a   Bénifla, Jean Louis ^b   Bonnet, Damien ^a   Jouannic, Jean Marie ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac intervention; Congenital heart block; Fetal pacing; Lamb; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; EPICARDIUM; EWE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; INJURY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75649096010     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2422     Document Type: Article

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