Right atrial appendage versus bachmann's bundle stimulation: A two-year comparative study of electrical parameters in myotonic dystrophy type-1 patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1191-1196

  Nigro, Gerardo ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a,c   Politano, Luisa ^a   Cioppa, Nadia Della ^b   Manfredi, Donatella ^a   Chianese, Raffaele ^a   De Chiara, Annabella ^a   Rago, Anna ^a   Arena, Giulia ^a   Palladino, Alberto ^a   CalabrÒ, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial lead; Bachmann's bundle; Fibrosis; Heart block; Impedance; Myotonic dystrophy; Pacemaker; Pacing; Sensing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BACHMANN BUNDLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69849087572     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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