Maintaining physiological pacing in AV block using a new generation single lead VDD pacemaker

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 579-583

  Lau, Chino ^a   Nishimura, Sandra C ^a   Harrison, Alan W ^a   Goldman, Bernard S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AV synchronous pacing; Heart block; Pacemaker therapy; Single pass lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029885323     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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