The importance of the left atrioventricular interval during atrioventricular sequential pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12 I, 1997, Pages 2958-2966

  Chevalier, Stephan ^a   Basta, Magdy ^a   Leitch, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

AV delay; Interatrial conduction time; Interventricular conduction time; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0031439024     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05467.x     Document Type: Article

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