Advances in cardiac pacing: Beyond the transvenous right ventricular apical lead

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 369-379

  Kapa, Suraj ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^b   Friedman, Paul A ^b   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Intramyocardial electrodes; Leadless pacing; Selective site pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 78449242344     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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