Heart rate regularisation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation implanted with a VVI(R) pacemaker

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-242

  Mazzocca, Gianfranco ^a   Giovannini, Tiziana ^b   Frascarelli, Fabio ^b   Fabiani, Alessandro ^c   Burali, Antonio ^c   Giappichini, Giampiero ^d   Bidi, Giuseppe ^d   Bernabò, Daniele ^e   Manfredini, Enrico ^f   Corbucci, Giorgio ^f  

^a Ospedale di Cecina   (Italy)

^b MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Area Aretina Nord Hospital   (Italy)

^d Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^e La Spezia Hospital   (Italy)

^f Vitatron Medical Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Compensatory pause; Irregularity; Stabilisation; Ventricular pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REST;

EID: 3242723364     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Proclemer A. Gregori D. Bernardelli E. et al. Registro Italiano pacemaker e defibrillatori. Bollettino Periodico 2001 G Ital Aritmol Cardiostim 5 2002 5-31
2. Lau C.P. Leung W.H. Wong C.K. et al. Haemodynamics of induced atrial fibrillation: a comparative assessment with sinus rhythm, atrial and ventricular pacing Eur Heart J 11 1990 219-224
3. Daoud E.G. Weiss R. Bahu M. et al. Effect of an irregular ventricular rhythm on cardiac output Am J Cardiol 78 1996 1433-1436
4. Clark D.M. Plumb V.J. Epstein A.E. et al. Hemodynamic effects of an irregular sequence of ventricular cycle lengths during atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 30 1997 1039-1045
5. Wittkampf F.H. de Jongste M.J. Lie H.I. et al. Effect of right ventricular pacing on ventricular rhythm during atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 11 1988 539-545
6. Lau C.P. Jiang Z.Y. Tang M.O. Efficacy of ventricular rate stabilization by right ventricular pacing during atrial fibrillation Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 21 1998 542-548
7. Greenhut S.E. Fraser J. Steinhaus B. et al. Optimized standby rate reduces the ventricular rate variability in pacemaker patients with atrial fibrillation Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 19 1996 1780-1785
8. Langendorf R. Aberrant ventricular conduction Am Heart J 41 1951 700-707
9. Pritchett E.L. Smith W.M. Klein G.J. et al. The "Compensatory Pause" of atrial fibrillation Circulation 62 1980 1021-1025
10. Lee J.K. Yee R. Braney M. et al. Acute testing of the rate-smoothed pacing algorithm for ventricular rate stabilization Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 22 1999 554-561
11. Simpson C.S. Yee R. Krahn A.D. et al. Atrial fibrillation: the minimal sampling interval to assess R-R irregularity Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 22 1999 811 [Abstract]
12. Brignole M. Menozzi C. Gianfranchi L. et al. Assessment of atrioventricular junction ablation and VVIR pacemaker versus pharmacological treatment in patients with heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation: a randomized, controlled study Circulation 98 1998 953-960
13. Simpson C.S. Yee R. Lee J.K. et al. Safety and feasibility of a novel rate-smoothed ventricular pacing algorithm for atrial fibrillation Am Heart J 142 2001 294-300 [Abstract]
14. Muno E. Neuzner J. Kramer A. et al. Ventricular pacing during atrial fibrillation reduces rate and hemodynamic variability Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24 2001 576 Abstract
15. Buhr T.A. Yee R. Hayes D.L. et al. Novel pacemaker algorithm diminishes short-coupled ventricular beats in atrial fibrillation Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24 2001 729 [Abstract]
16. Leon A.R. Greenberg J.M. Kanuru N. et al. Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation J Am Coll Cardiol 39 2002 1258-1263
17. Muno E. Neuzner J. Wentkowski R. et al. New algorithm for continuous heart failure resynchronization therapy and reduced heart rate variability in presence of atrial fibrillation Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24 2001 729 [Abstract]
18. Deshmukh P. Casavant D.A. Romanyshyn M. et al. Permanent, direct His-bundle pacing: a novel approach to cardiac pacing in patients with normal His-Purkinje activation Circulation 101 2000 869-877
19. Padeletti L. Buhr T.A. Laukkanen A. et al. His vs right ventricular apex: pacing effect on heart rate during AF Europace Suppl 3 2002 A162 [Abstract]
20. Bourke J.P. Hawkins T. Keavey P. et al. Evolution of ventricular function during permanent pacing from either right ventricular apex or outflow tract following AV-junction ablation for atrial fibrillation Europace 4 2002 219-228
21. Kochiadakis G.E. Skalidis E.I. Kalebubas M.D. et al. Effect of acute atrial fibrillation on phasic coronary blood flow pattern and flow reserve in humans Eur Heart J 23 2002 734-741
22. Nanthakumar K. Kay G.N. The deleterious effect of an irregular RR interval Eur Heart J 23 2002 695-696
23. Muntinga H.J. Gosselink A.T.M. Blanksma P.K. et al. Left ventricular beat to beat performance in atrial fibrillation: dependence on contractility, preload, and afterload Heart 82 1999 575-580