Effect of cardiac resynchronization on the incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients with severe heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-25

  Hoppe, Uta C ^a   Casares, Jaime M ^b   Eiskjær, Hans ^c   Hagemann, Arne ^d   Cleland, John G F ^e   Freemantle, Nick ^f   Erdmann, Erland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746196585     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.614560     Document Type: Article

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