Medium- and long-term survival after pacemaker implant: Improved survival with right ventricular outflow tract pacing

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-201

  Vanerio, Gabriel ^a,b   Vidal, Juan L ^a   Fernández Banizi, Pablo ^a   Banina Aguerre, Daniel ^a   Viana, Pablo ^a   Tejada, Jorge ^a  

^a Arrhythmia Service CASMU INCC   (Uruguay)

^b British Hospital Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Cardiac pacing artificial; Mortality; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41849103740     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9238-x     Document Type: Article

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