Value of VDD-pacing systems in patients with atrioventricular block: Experience over a decade

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Schaer, Beat Andreas ^a   Weinbacher, Markus ^a   Zellweger, Michael Johannes ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AV block; Pacemaker; Sinus node dysfunction; VDD pacing mode

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 35348960406     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.086     Document Type: Article

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