Effect of bipolar electrode spacing on phrenic nerve stimulation and left ventricular pacing thresholds an acute canine study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 815-820

  Biffi, Mauro ^a   Foerster, Laurie ^b   Eastman, William ^b   Eggen, Michael ^b   Grenz, Nathan A ^b   Sommer, John ^b   De Santo, Tiziana ^c   Haddad, Tarek ^b   Varbaro, Annamaria ^c   Yang, Zhongping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Interelectrode spacing; Phrenic nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84867168978     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.971317     Document Type: Article

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