The Mode Selection Trial (MOST) in sinus node dysfunction: Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of the first 1000 patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-551

  Lamas, G A ^a   Lee, K ^a   Sweeney, M ^a   Leon, A ^a   Yee, R ^a   Ellenbogen, K ^a   Greer, S ^a   Wilber, D ^a   Silverman, R ^a   Marinchak, R ^a   Bernstein, R ^a   Mittleman, R S ^a   Lieberman, E H ^a   Sullivan, C ^a   Zorn, L ^a   Flaker, G ^a   Schron, E ^a   Orav, E J ^a   Goldman, L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033814363     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.109652     Document Type: Article

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