The electromechanical effects of pacing at different sites within the right atrium

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-437

  Belham, M R D ^a   Gill, J ^b   Gammage, M D ^c   Holt, P M ^d  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High right atrial free wall pacing; Inter atrial activation time; Intra atrial activation time; P wave duration; Right atrial appendage pacing; Time to onset of atrial systolic bloodflow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036821890     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0256     Document Type: Article

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