Effect of pacing mode on health-related quality of life in the Canadian Trial of Physiologic Pacing

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 430-437

  Newman, David ^a   Lau, Ching ^b   Tang, Anthony S L ^c   Irvine, Jane ^d   Paquette, Miney ^a   Woodend, Kirsten ^c   Dorian, Paul ^a   Gent, Michael ^e   Kerr, Charles ^f   Connolly, Stuart J ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CANADA; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0347295983     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.167     Document Type: Article

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