Symptomatic improvement after AV nodal ablation and pacemaker implantation for refractory atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 933-938

  Kim, Soo G ^a   Sompalli, Vineel ^a   Rameneni, Anuradha ^a   Gadde, Murali K ^a   Pamidi, Madhavi ^a   Pathapati, Raja ^a   Ferrick, Kevin J ^a   Gross, Jay ^a   Ben Zur, Uri ^a   Furman, Seymour ^a   Fisher, John D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PACEMAKER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030707740     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704801101     Document Type: Article

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