Event-free survival following CRT with surgically implanted LV leads versus standard transvenous approach

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-500

  Miller, Amy L ^a   Kramer, Daniel B ^b   Lewis, Eldrin F ^a   Koplan, Bruce ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Tedrow, Usha ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Congestive heart failure; Epicardial lead; Left ventricular lead

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELLULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY SINUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BOSTON; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953833562     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.03014.x     Document Type: Article

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