Health-related quality of life in Brazilian pacemaker patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1178-1183

  Oliveira, Bruna G ^a   Velasquez Melendez, Gustavo ^a   Rincón, Leonor G ^a   Ciconelli, Rozana M ^b   Sousa, Lidiane A ^a   Ribeiro, Antonio L ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Pacemaker; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449105256     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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