Transseptal left ventricular endocardial pacing: Preliminary experience from a femoral approach with subclavian pull-through

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1454-1458

  Van Gelder, Berry M ^a   Houthuizen, Patrick ^a   Bracke, Frank A ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Femoral insertion; Left ventricular endocardial pacing; Transseptal approach; Venous pull through

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSEPTAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ENDOCARDIAL PACING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 80053424697     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur136     Document Type: Article

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