Right ventricular pacing increases tricuspid regurgitation grade regardless of the mechanical interference to the valve by the electrode

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 550-553

  Vaturi, Mordehay ^a   Kusniec, Jairo ^a   Shapira, Yaron ^a   Nevzorov, Roman ^a   Yedidya, Idit ^a   Weisenberg, Daniel ^a   Monakier, Daniel ^a   Strasberg, Boris ^a   Sagie, Alexander ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Right ventricle; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77955882203     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq018     Document Type: Article

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