Are leadless pacemakers a niche or the future of device therapy?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1505-1508

  Gold, Michael R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac implantable electronic; devices; pacemakers; pacing leads

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER FAILURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEADLESS ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NOTE; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; MALE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84928038760     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.021     Document Type: Editorial

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