The development of sinoatrial dysfunction in pacemaker patients with isolated atrioventricular block

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1430-1434

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

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

A V block; Cardiac pacing; Sinoatrial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031903070     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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