The natural course of untreated sick sinus syndrome and identification of the variables predictive of unfavorable outcome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1205-1209

  Menozzi, Carlo ^a,b,c,d   Brignole, Michele ^a,b,c,d,e   Alboni, Paolo ^a,b,c,d   Boni, Luca ^a,b,c,d   Paparella, Nelly ^a,b,c,d   Gaggioli, Germano ^a,b,c,d   Lolli, Gino ^a,b,c,d  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c Regione Piemonte USL 49   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032533754     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00605-5     Document Type: Article

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