Sinus and paced P wave duration and dispersion as predictors of atrial fibrillation after pacemaker implantation in patients with isolated sick sinus syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 606-614

  Kristensen, Lene ^a   Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^a   Mortensen, Peter Thomas ^a   Christensen, Per Dahl ^b   Vesterlund, Thomas ^c   Pedersen, Anders Kirstein ^a   Andersen, Henning Rud ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; P wave dispersion; P wave duration; Pacing; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; PREDICTION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 2442532588     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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