Biventricular pacing attenuates T-wave alternans and T-wave amplitude compared to other pacing modes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 714-721

  Anh, Daejoon ^a   Srivatsa, Uma ^b   Bui, Hanh M ^a   Vasconcellos, Scott ^a   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dispersion of repolarization; Mortality; Pacing; Resynchronization therapy; Sudden cardiac arrest; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; QRS COMPLEX; T WAVE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449178387     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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