Effects of continuous and triggered atrial overdrive pacing on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in pacemaker patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 929-934

  Schuchert, Andreas ^a   Rebeski, Hans Peter ^b   Peiffer, Thomas ^c   Bub, Eberhard ^d   Dietz, Armin ^e   Mortensen, Kai ^f   Ali Aydin, Mohammed ^f   Camm, John ^h   Gazarek, Steffen ^g   Meinertz, Thomas ^e  

^a Friedrich Ebert Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b Heart Clinic   (Germany)

^c Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^d Heart Clinic   (Germany)

^e Kreisklinik Burghausen   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^g Vitatron   (Germany)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AF burden; Dual chamber pacemaker; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Preventive atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249112976     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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