Networked multielectrode left ventricular pacing lead for avoidance of phrenic nerve stimulation in a canine model

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 789-795

  Wecke, Liliane ^a,b   Van Hunnik, Arne ^a   Thompson, Todd ^c   Dicarlo, Lorenzo ^c   Zdeblick, Mark ^c   Auricchio, Angelo ^d   Prinzen, Frits W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Proteus Biomedical Inc   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; CRT; Left ventricular pacing lead; Multielectrode; Pacing threshold; Phrenic nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CORONARY VEIN; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DOGS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHRENIC NERVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84859944382     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.11.052     Document Type: Article

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