Impact of using a telescoping-support catheter system for left ventricular lead placement on implant success and procedure time of cardiac resynchronization therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 553-558

  Jackson, Kevin P ^a   Hegland, Donald D ^a   Frazier Mills, Camille ^a   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Koontz, Jason I ^a   Atwater, Brett D ^a   Daubert, James P ^a   Worley, Seth J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biventricular pacing; cardiac pacing; cardiac resynchronization; cardiomyopathy; congestive heart failure; coronary sinus; CRT delivery systems; CRT guiding catheters; guide support; left ventricular pacing; LV lead implantation; transvenous pacing

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVER THE WIRE IMPLANT TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURAL TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELESCOPING SUPPORT CATHETER SYSTEM;

AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OPERATIVE TIME; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876793614     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12103     Document Type: Article

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