Effect of right atrial overdrive pacing in the prevention of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A multicenter randomized study, the PAF-PACE study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1841-1848

  Wiberg, Stefan ^a   Lönnerholm, Stefan ^b   Jensen, Steen M ^c   Blomström, Per ^b   Ringqvist, Ivar ^a   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Overdrive pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 10744228851     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00278.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Saksena S, Prakash A, Hill M, et al. Prevention of recurrent atrial fibrillation with chronic dual-site right atrial pacing. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996; 28:687-694.
2. Delfaut P, Saksena S, Prakash A, et al. Long-term outcome of patients with drug-refractory atrial flutter and fibrillation after single-and dual-site right atrial pacing for arrhythmia prevention. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 32:1900-1908.
3. D'Allonnes GR, Pavin D, Leclercq C, et al. Long term effects of biatrial synchronous pacing to prevent drug-refractory atrial tachyarrhythmia: A nine-year experience. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2000; 11:1081-1091.
4. Leclercq JF, De Sisti A, Fiorello P, et al. Is dual site better than single site atrial pacing in the prevention of atrial fibrillation? PACE 2000; 23:2101-2107.
5. Garrigue S, Barold SS, Cazeau S, et al. Prevention of atrial arrhythmias during DDD pacing by atrial overdrive. PACE 1998; 21:1751-1759.
6. Andersen HR, Nielsen JC, Thomsen PEB, et al. Longterm follow-up of patients from a randomized trial of atrial versus ventricular pacing for sick sinus syndrome. Lancet 1997; 305:1210-1216.
7. Coumel P, Friocourt P, Mugica J, et al. Long-term prevention of vagal atrial arrhythmias by atrial pacing at 90/minute: Experience with 6 cases. PACE 1983; 6:552-560.
8. Attuel P, Pellerin D, Mugica J, et al. DDD pacing: An effective treatment modality for recurrent atrial arrhythmias. PACE 1988; 11:1647-1654.
9. Murgatroyd FD, Nitzsche R, Slade AK, et al. A new pacing algorithm for overdrive suppression of atrial fibrillation. Chorus Multicentre Study Group, PACE 1994; 17:1966-1973.
10. Mehra R. How might pacing prevent atrial fibrillation. In F Murgatroyd, J Camm, (eds.): Nonpharmacological Management of Atrial Fibrillation. Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Co., 1997, pp, 283-307.
11. Prakash A, Delfault P, Krol RB, et al. Regional right and left activation patterns during single and dual-site pacing in patients with atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1998; 82:1197-1204.
12. Han J, Millet D, Chizzonitti B, et al. Temporal dispersion of recovery of excitability in atrium and ventricle as a function of heart rate. Am Heart J 1966; 71:481-487.
13. Gillis AM, Wyse DG, Connolly SJ, et al. Atrial pacing periablation for prevention of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Circulation 1999; 99:2553-2558.
14. Levy T, Walker S, Rochelle J, et al. Evaluation of biatrial pacing, right atrial pacing, and no pacing in patients with drug refractory atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1999; 84:426-429.
15. Pearlman J, Triulzi M, King ME, et al. Left atrial dimensions in growth and development: Normal limits for two-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 16:1168-1174.
16. Nielsen JC, Bottcher M, Nielsen TT, et al. Regional myocardial blood flow in patients with sick sinus syndrome randomized to long-term single chamber atrial or dual chamber pacing - effect of pacing mode and rate. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 35:1453-1461.
17. Satoh T, Zipes DP, Unequal atrial stretch in dogs increases dispersion of refractoriness conductive to developing atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1996; 7:833-842.