Pacemaker therapy for early and late sinus node dysfunction in orthotopic heart transplant recipients: A single-center experience

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1108-1112

  Luebbert, Jeffrey J ^a   Lee, Forrester A ^a   Rosenfeld, Lynda E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Sinus node dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CONNECTICUT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449105257     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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