Electrical connection of native and transplanted sinus nodes via atrial to atrial pacing improves exercise performance after cardiac transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1373-1377

  Beniaminovitz, Ainat ^b   Coromilas, James ^b   Oz, Mehmet ^b   Galantowicz, Mark ^b   Donchez, Lisa ^b   Mancini, Donna ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINOATRIAL NODE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032102020     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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