Prevention of atrial fibrillation by inter-atrial septum pacing guided by electrophysiological testing, in patients with delayed interatrial conduction

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-174

  Manolis, A G ^a   Katsivas, A G ^a   Vassilopoulos, C ^a   Koutsogeorgis, D ^a   Louvros, N E ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inter atrial septum pacing; Pacing in atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIGITALIS; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; P WAVE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036556377     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0232     Document Type: Article

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