Thoracoscopic epicardial left ventricular bipolar lead implantation with the use of automated titanium fasteners (Cor-Knot®)

Abstract Background Pacemaker implantation techniques using thoracoscopy have been described since about 25 years. However, the published reports concerning types of electrodes refer mostly to monopolar screw-in leads. We report our experience of thoracoscopic implantation of a bipolar suture-on epi...

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Main Authors: Thibault Schaeffer, Constantin Mork, Joachim Erb, Oliver Reuthebuch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0945-4