Methods for examination an explanted coronary sinus lead stabilized with a coronary stent

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Balázs, Tibor ^a   Merkely, Béla ^b   Bognár, Eszter ^a   Gellér, László ^b   Szilágyi, Szabolcs ^b   Dobranszky, János ^b   Zima, Endre ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; coronary sinus; stent stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY SINUS LEAD; CORONARY STENT; ELECTRODE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PACEMAKER; QRS COMPLEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY;

CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 84873360397     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02955.x     Document Type: Article

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