Persistent atrial fibrillation worsens heart rate variability, activity and heart rate, as shown by a continuous monitoring by implantable biventricular pacemakers in heart failure patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 693-701

  Puglisi, Andrea ^a   Gasparini, Maurizio ^b   Lunati, Maurizio ^c   Sassara, Massimo ^d   Padeletti, Luigi ^e   Landolina, Maurizio ^f   Botto, Giovanni Luca ^g   Vincenti, Antonio ^h   Bianchi, Stefano ^a   Denaro, Alessandra ⁱ   Grammatico, Andrea ⁱ   Boriani, Giuseppe ^j  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^g SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Patient activity; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DILTIAZEM; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT HEART RATE; NIGHT SLEEP; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47949102210     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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