Decrease in pacemaker incidence after orthotopic heart transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 779-783

  Kratochwill, Christoph ^a,b   Schmid, Susanne ^a   Koller Strametz, Jeanette ^a   Kreiner, Gerhard ^a   Grabenwöger, Martin ^a   Grimm, Michael ^a   Laufer, Günther ^a   Heinz, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOPLEGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME;

EID: 0029871683     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89220-X     Document Type: Article

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