Programming a fixed long atrioventricular delay is not effective in preventing ventricular pacing in patients with sick sinus syndrome

Europace

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Nielsen, J C ^a   Pedersen, A K ^a   Mortensen, P T ^a   Andersen, H R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AV delay; DDD; Event recording; Follow up; Pacemaker syndrome; Pacing; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0033108060     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1998.0026     Document Type: Article

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