Usefulness of Echo-Guided Cardiac Resynchronization Pacing in Patients Undergoing "Ablate and Pace" Therapy for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Effects of Heart Rate Regularization and Left Ventricular Resynchronization††A list of participating institutions and investigators appears in the Appendix.

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 854-860

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Botto, Gian Luca ^c   Mont, Lluís ^d   Osca Asensi, Joaquín ^e   García Medina, Dolores ^f   Oddone, Daniele ^a   Navazio, Alessandro ^b   Luzi, Mario ^c   Iacopino, Saverio ^g   De Fabrizio, Giuseppe ^h   Proclemer, Alessandro ⁱ   Vardas, Panos ^j  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^g S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 52349087205     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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