Epicardial, biatrial synchronous pacing for prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 721-726

  Kurz, David J ^a   Naegeli, Barbara ^a   Kunz, Martin ^a   Genoni, Michele ^a   Niederhäuser, Urs ^a   Bertel, Osmund ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial pacing; Bypass surgery; Epicardial leads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSOR; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033023418     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00535.x     Document Type: Article

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