Quality of life and psychological well-being in patients with various pacing modes

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 260-266

  Mitro, P ^a   Kotianova, A ^b   Bodnar, J ^a   Skorodensky, M ^b   Valocik, G ^a  

^a Med Faculty of Safarik University   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiac pacing; Depression; Quality of life; Rate adaptive pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57049175985     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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