Septal atrial pacing for the prevention of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1124-1128

  Hakacova, Nina ^a   Velimirovic, Dusan ^b   Margitfalvi, Peter ^c   Hatala, Robert ^c   Buckingham, Thomas A ^c  

^a Children's Cardiac Center of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial septal pacing; Bachmann's bundle; High atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849100176     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum242     Document Type: Article

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