Trend of the main clinical characteristics and pacing modality in patients treated by pacemaker: Data from the Italian Pacemaker Registry for the quinquennium 2003-07

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Proclemer, Alessandro ^a   Ghidina, Marco ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a   Facchin, Domenico ^a   Rebellato, Luca ^a   Zakja, Edlira ^a   Gulizia, Michele ^b   Esente, Paolo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Pacemaker; Registry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749162460     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup346     Document Type: Article

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