Hemodynamic effects of alternative atrial pacing sites in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 278-283

  Dabrowska Kugacka, Alicja ^a   Lewicka Nowak, Ewa ^a   Kutarski, Andrzej ^b   Zagozdzon, Pawel ^a   Świa̧tecka, Grazyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Biatrial pacing; Left atrial pacing; Pacing hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN;

EID: 0037252928     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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