Effect of restoration of AV synchrony on stroke volume, exercise capacity, and quality-of-life: Can we predict the beneficial effect of a pacemaker upgrade?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 302-307

  Prech, Marek ^a,b   Grygier, M ^a   Mitkowski, P ^a   Stanek, K ^a   Skorupski, W ^a   Moszynska, B ^a   Zerbe, F ^a   Cieslinski, A ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b 1st Department of Cardiology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; Hemodynamics; Pacemaker upgrade; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035072816     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.t01-1-00302.x     Document Type: Article

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