New generation of transvenous left ventricular leads - First experience with implantation of multipolar left ventricular leads

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-26

  Burger, Heiko ^a   Schwarz, Torsten ^a   Ehrlich, Wolfgang ^a   Sperzel, Johannes ^a   Kloevekorn, Wolf Peter ^a   Ziegelhoeffer, Tibor ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Multipolar left ventricular leads; Pacing threshold; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Stimulation vector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; QUARTET LV LEAD; X RAY;

EID: 79953833556     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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