Vascular turbine powering a cardiac pacemaker: An in-vivo case study

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2000-2003

  Jonsson, Magnus ^a   Zurbuchen, Adrian ^a   Haeberlin, Andreas ^a,b   Pfenniger, Aloïs ^a   Vogel, Rolf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Cardiology Buergerspital Solothurn ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Energy harvesting; Intravascular turbine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CASE STUDY; CIRCULATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ENERGY; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FLOW RATE; HARVESTING; HEART STIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SINUS NODE;

EID: 84899768129     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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