High atrial antitachycardia pacing therapy efficacy is associated with a reduction in atrial tachyarrhythmia burden in a subset of patients with sinus node dysfunction and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 791-796

  Gillis, Anne M ^a   Koehler, Jodi ^b   Morck, Margaret ^a   Mehra, Rahul ^b   Hettrick, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; Atrial fibrillation; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744437975     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.04.027     Document Type: Article

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