The deleterious consequences of right ventricular apical pacing: Time to seek alternate site pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 298-315

  Manolis, Antonis S ^a,b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Conduction delay; Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular dysfunction; Right ventricular apex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; PAPER; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33745084543     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00338.x     Document Type: Review

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