Optimal Atrioventricular Intervals during Dual Chamber Pacing in Patients with a Univentricular Heart: A Doppler Hemodynamic Evaluation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2048-2049

  Nothroff, Joerg ^a   Buchhorn, Reiner ^a   Ruschewski, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual chamber pacing; Optimal AV delay; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PACING; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0142074198     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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