Pre-implant determinants of adequate long-term function of single lead VDD pacemakers

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-141

  Pakarinen, S ^a   Toivonen, L ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular block; Heart block; Prediction; Single lead VDD pacing; Sinus node dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036556448     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0218     Document Type: Article

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