Left ventricular endocardial pacing in cardiac resynchronisation therapy: Moving from bench to bedside

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Bracke, F A ^a   van Gelder, B M ^a   Dekker, L R C ^a   Houthuizen, P ^a   ter Woorst, J F ^a   Teijink, J A ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Endocardial stimulation; Left ventricular pacing; Transseptal catheterization

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMORAL VEIN; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; JUGULAR VEIN; LEAD IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ENDOCARDIAL PACING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84859648541     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-011-0210-5     Document Type: Review

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