Benign prognosis of early sinus node dysfunction after orthotopic cardiac transplantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 422-429

  Heinz, Gottfried ^a   Kratochwill, Christoph ^a   Koller Strametz, Jeanette ^a   Kreiner, Gerhard ^a   Grimm, Michael ^b   Grabenwöger, Martin ^b   Laufer, Günther ^b   Gössinger, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Sinus node dysfunction; Survival; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031913092     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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