Development of a technique for left ventricular endocardial pacing via puncture of the interventricular septum

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Betts, Tim R ^a   Gamble, James H P ^a   Khiani, Raj ^a   Bashir, Yaver ^a   Rajappan, Kim ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Endocardium; Heart ventricles; Septal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DIATHERMY DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM PUNCTURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ENDOCARDIAL PACING; MALE; MICROFRACTURE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; R WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSSEPTAL NEEDLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SEPTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; SEPTAL;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM; WARFARIN;

EID: 84898920619     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001110     Document Type: Article

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