Effect of atrial tachyarrhythmia duration on percentage of time with atrial pacing in pacemaker patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-148

  Schuchert, Andreas ^a   Frost, Gaby ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial tachyarrhythmia; dual chamber pacemaker; paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; preventive atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644247199     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000042353.87671.1d     Document Type: Article

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