Video-assisted pericardioscopic surgery: Refinement of a new technique for implanting epimyocardial pacemaker leads

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-341

  Hatam, Nima ^a   Amerini, Andrea L A ^a   Steiner, Frederik ^a   Lazeroms, Mark ^b   Mischke, Karl ^a   Schauerte, Patrick ^a   Autschbach, Ruediger ^a   Spillner, Jan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epimyocardial lead placement; Minimal invasive; Pacemaker; Pericardioscopy; Subxiphoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID ENDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEO ASSISTED PERICARDIOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUS SCROFA; TISSUE ADHESIONS; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 79951517445     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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