Benefits of a quadripolar left ventricular lead in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy with underlying myocardial scar

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hussain, Mohsin A ^a   Bhamra Ariza, Paul ^a   Jacques, Adam ^a,b,c   Wilkinson, Peter ^a,b   Odemuyiwa, Olusola ^a,b   Fluck, David ^a,b,c   Beeton, Ian ^a,b,c   Kaba, Riyaz A ^a,b,c,d  

^a ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biventricular pacemaker; cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); heart failure; ICD; myocardial infarction; quadripolar LV lead; scar tissue

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MYOCARDIAL SCAR; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; SCAR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84873406804     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03065.x     Document Type: Article

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