The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1661-1662 , June 2010

Subxiphoid epicardial left ventricular pacing lead placement is feasible

  • Takeyoshi Ota, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • David Schwartzman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Marco A. Zenati, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Marco A. Zenati, MD, Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, C700 PUH, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Received 24 May 2009 ,Revised 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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  5. Ota T, Patronik NA, Schwartzman D, Riviere CN, Zenati MA. Minimally invasive epicardial injections using a novel semiautonomous robotic device. Circulation. 2008;118(14 Suppl):S115–S120

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01049-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.031

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1661-1662 , June 2010

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