Quadripolar left ventricular lead in a patient with CRT-D does not overcome phrenic nerve stimulation

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-47

  Parahuleva, Mariana S ^a,b   Chasan, Ritvan ^a,b   Soydan, Nedim ^a,b   Abdallah, Yasser ^a,b   Neuhof, Christiane ^a,b   Tillmanns, Harald ^a,b   Erdogan, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Heart failure; Quartet lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHRENIC NERVE PACING; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 79958237150     PISSN: 11795468     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMC.S6759     Document Type: Article

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