Transient overdrive pacing upon standing prevents orthostatic hypotension in elderly pacemaker patients with chronotropic incompetence

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-192

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Park, Euljoon ^b   Bornzin, Gene A ^b   Yu, Cannas ^b   Benser, Michael E ^b   Bloomfield, Daniel M ^c   Padeletti, Luigi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Orthostatic hypotension; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847402693     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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