Impact of left ventricular lead position on the incidence of ventricular arrhythmia and clinical outcome in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Kleemann, Thomas ^a   Becker, Torsten ^a   Strauss, Margit ^a   Dyck, Ngoc ^a   Schneider, Steffen ^b   Weisse, Udo ^a   Saggau, Werner ^a   Cornelius, Bernd ^c   Layer, Günter ^c   Seidl, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Heart Center Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Lead position; Pacing; Prognosis; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952018058     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9470-z     Document Type: Article

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