Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , March 2010

Effects of left ventricular lead positions and coronary venous microanatomy on cardiac pacing parameters

  • Sara E. Anderson, PhD
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  • Paul A. Iaizzo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, B172 Mayo, MMC 195, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Received 29 May 2009

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☆ Financial support: This work was supported by Medtronic, Inc, and the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00372-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.08.002

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , March 2010

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