Reduction of atrial fibrillation burden by atrial overdrive pacing: Experience with an improved algorithm to reduce early recurrences of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Pürerfellner, Helmut ^a   Urban, Lubos ^b   De Weerd, Gerjan ^c   Ruiter, Jaap ^d   Brandt, Johan ^e   Havlicek, Ales ^f   Hügl, Burkhard ^g   Widdershoven, Jos ^h   Kornet, Lilian ⁱ   Kessels, Roger ⁱ  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Pardubice Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^g Department of Spinal Surgery Clinical Centre Bad Berka   (Germany)

^h CPRLab   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AT500; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial overdrive pacing; Atrial tachyarrhythmias; Early recurrence of atrial fibrillation; Pacing algorithm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTMODE SWITCH OVERDRIVE PACING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149087015     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun294     Document Type: Article

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