Survey of cardiac pacing in Canada (1993)

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 573-578

  Goldman, Bernard S ^a   Nishimura, Sandra ^a   Lau, Ching ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Pacing indications; Pacing modes; Pacing survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CANADA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SINUS NODE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029993085     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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