Pacing the right ventricular septum: Time to abandon apical pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1293-1297

  Mond, Harry G ^a   Vlay, Stephen C ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL PACING; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 78349288862     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02876.x     Document Type: Editorial

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