Prospective Randomized Study of Mode Switching in a Clinical Trial of Pacemaker Therapy for Sinus Node Dysfunction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Sweeney, Michael O ^a   Hellkamp, Anne S ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^c   Glotzer, Taya V ^d   Silverman, Russell ^e   Yee, Raymond ^f   Lee, Kerry L ^b   Lamas, Gervasio A ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Northeast Medical Center   (United States)

^f LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pacing; Sinus node dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542379955     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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