Preserved left ventricular ejection fraction following atrioventricular junction ablation and pacing for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Chen, Lin ^a   Hodge, David ^a   Jahangir, Arshad ^a   Ozcan, Cevher ^b   Trusty, Jane ^a   Friedman, Paul ^a   Rea, Robert ^a   Bradley, David ^a   Brady, Peter ^a   Hammill, Stephen ^a   Hayes, David ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular junction ablation; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Right ventricular apical pacing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37549002111     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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