Feasibility, safety, and short-term outcome of leadless ultrasound-based endocardial left ventricular resynchronization in heart failure patients: Results of the Wireless Stimulation Endocardially for CRT (WiSE-CRT) study

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 681-688

  Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Delnoy, Peter Paul ^b   Butter, Christian ^c   Brachmann, Johannes ^d   Van Erven, Lieselot ^e   Spitzer, Stefan ^f   Moccetti, Tiziano ^a   Seifert, Martin ^c   Markou, Thanasie ^b   Laszo, Karolyi ^f   Regoli, François ^a  

^a DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Isala Kliniecken Zwolle   (Netherlands)

^c Abteilung für Kardiologie Immanuel Klinikum Bernau und Herzzentrum Brandenburg   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84899056361     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut435     Document Type: Article

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