Atrioventricular nodal ablation and implantation of mode switching dual chamber pacemakers: Effective treatment for drug refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 543-547

  Marshall, H J ^a,b   Harris, Z I ^a,b   Griffith, M J ^a   Gammage, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node ablation; Drug refractoriness; Dual chamber pacemaker; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031864021     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.6.543     Document Type: Article

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