The Pacing to Avoid Cardiac Enlargement (PACE) trial: Clinical background, rationale, design, and implementation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 735-739

  Fung, Jeffrey Wing Hong ^a   Chan, Joseph Yat Sun ^a   Omar, Razali ^b   Hussin, Azlan ^b   Zhang, Qing ^a   Yip, Gabriel ^a   Lam, Kai Huat ^b   Fang, Fang ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacemaker; Left ventricular remodeling; Optimal pacing mode

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ASIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMEGALY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250682074     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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