Pacing delivered rate and rhythm control for atrial fibrillation

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Redfearn, Damian Paul ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; Atrial fibrillation; Pacemaker; Rate stabilization

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PURKINJE FIBERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL NODE; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748625455     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000210302.56736.60     Document Type: Review

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