Optimal Pacing for Symptomatic AV Block: A Comparison of VDD and DDD Pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2230-2234

  Huang, Max ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a,b   Yee, Raymond ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AV block; Pacemaker; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COST; DDD PACING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SINUS NODE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VDD PACING;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346732037     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2003.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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