Predictors of improved quality of life 1 year after pacemaker implantation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-497

  van Eck, J W Martijn ^a   van Hemel, Norbert M ^a   van den Bos, Arjan ^b   Taks, William ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 49949101477     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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