Heart failure and echocardiographic changes during long-term follow-up of patients with sick sinus syndrome randomized to single-chamber atrial or ventricular pacing

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 987-995

  Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^a   Andersen, Henning Rud ^a   Thomsen, Poul Erik Bloch ^a   Thuesen, Leif ^a   Mortensen, Peter Thomas ^a   Vesterlund, Thomas ^a   Pedersen, Anders Kirstein ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure ventricles; Pacing; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032539908     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.10.987     Document Type: Article

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