Improved success rate of cardiac resynchronization therapy implant by employing an active fixation coronary sinus lead

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 825-829

  Luedorff, Guido ^a   Kranig, Wolfgang ^a   Grove, Rainer ^a   Wolff, Endrik ^a   Heimlich, Gerd ^b   Thale, Joachim ^a  

^a Schuechtermann Klinik   (Germany)

^b Medtronic GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active fixation lead; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Challenging LV lead position; Dislodgement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77952991744     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq078     Document Type: Article

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