Pacing the right ventricular outflow tract septum: Time to embrace the future

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Hillock, Richard J ^a   Mond, Harry G ^b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Pacing lead; Right ventricular septal pacing; Selective site pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICULAR SEPTAL PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84055190081     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur251     Document Type: Review

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