Short-spaced dipole for managing phrenic nerve stimulation in patients with CRT: The phrenic nerve mapping and stimulation EP catheter study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Biffi, Mauro ^a   Zanon, Francesco ^b   Bertaglia, Emanuele ^c   Padeletti, Luigi ^d   Varbaro, Annamaria ^e   De Santo, Tiziana ^e   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Yang, Zhongping ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Waters SPA   (Italy)

^f MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar electrode spacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84872011156     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.08.045     Document Type: Article

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