Atrial lead implantation during atrial flutter or fibrillation?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1531-1538

  Kindermann, Michael ^a   Fröhlig, Gerd ^a   Berg, Monika ^a   Lawall, Peter ^a   Schieffer, Hermann ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; DDD pacemakers; Sick sinus syndrome; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSOR; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031858475     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00239.x     Document Type: Article

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