Role of ventricular autocapture function in increasing longevity of DDDR pacemakers: A prospective study

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-220

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Rusconi, Luigi ^b   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Pavia, Letterio ^c   Sassara, Massimo ^d   Malfitano, Dario ^e   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^f   Padeletti, Luigi ^g   Filice, Ignazio ^h   Sanfelici, Daniela ⁱ   Maffei, Pietro ^j   Vicentini, Alfredo ^k   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Frabetti, L ^a   Guerra, R ^d   Ratti, M ^e   Pieragnoli, P ^g   Gazzarata, M ^h   Siri, G B ^h   Lisi, T ^l   Marinelli, L ^l   Sibona, A ^m   Musso, R ⁿ   Mureddu, R ⁿ   Aquarone, S ⁿ   Giovanzana, Paolo ^o   Mininno, Antonio ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Ceccarini   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Piemonte   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Grande degli Infermi   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Gravina   (Italy)

^f CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Ospedale di Sanremo   (Italy)

^k PEDERZOLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Istituto di Sicurezza Sociale   (Italy)

^m OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

ⁿ Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^o St Jude Medical Italia   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Autocapture; Cardiac pacing; Cost effectiveness; Stimulation threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; EQUIPMENT; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 33646825635     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj027     Document Type: Article

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