Long-term experience with coronary sinus side branch stenting to stabilize left ventricular electrode position

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 845-850

  Gellér, László ^a   Szilágyi, Szabolcs ^a   Zima, Endre ^a   Molnár, Levente ^a   Széplaki, Gábor ^a   Végh, Eszter M ^a   Osztheimer, István ^a   Merkely, Béla ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization; Coronary sinus; Lead dislocation; LV lead implantation; Stent implantation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEAD DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957684208     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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