Right atrial pacing and the risk of postimplant atrial fibrillation in cardiac resynchronization therapy recipients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Adelstein, Evan ^a   Saba, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849091068     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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