Upgrading pacemaker patients with right ventricular apical pacing to right ventricular septal pacing improves left ventricular performance and functional capacity

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 901-905

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a,b   Wong, Kwong Kuen ^c   Siu, Chung Wah ^a,b   Zhang, Xue Hua ^a   Ho, Wai Yin ^c   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Functional capacity; Heart failure; Right ventricular pacing site; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 68149105739     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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