Relation between mode of pacing and long-term survival in the very elderly

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1208-1216

  Jahangir, Arshad ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a   Neubauer, Sharon A ^a   Ballard, David J ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Lohse, Christine M ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Hayes, David L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033117110     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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