Long-term survival after pacemaker implantation: Prognostic importance of gender and baseline patient characteristics

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-95

  Brunner, Michael ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^a   Geibeli, Annette ^a   Bode, Christoph ^a   Zehender, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial pacemaker; Gender; Long term survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRADYCARDIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346727577     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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