Acute effect of DDD versus VVI pacing on arterial distensibility

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-92

  Altun, Armagan ^a,b   Erdogan, Okan ^a   Yildiz, Mustafa ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kocasinan Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Distensibility; Pacemaker; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATION;

EID: 4043063755     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077910     Document Type: Article

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