Right ventricular and tricuspid valve function in patients with two ventricular pacemaker leads

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-108

  Çeliker, Cengiz ^a   Küçükoǧlu, M Serdar ^a   Arat Özkan, Alev ^a   Yazicioǧlu, Nuran ^a   Üner, Sinan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Permanent pacemaker; Retained leads; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 1642567330     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.103     Document Type: Article

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