Unfavourable effects of continuous, atrial-synchronised ventricular pacing on ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction: Usefulness of tissue and colour Doppler echocardiography

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 335-340

  Chiladakis, John A ^a,b   Koutsogiannis, Nikolaos ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas ^a   Arvanitis, Fani Zagli Panagiotis ^a   Alexopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial synchronised ventricular pacing; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38649138011     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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