Does Bachmann's bundle pacing prevent atrial fibrillation in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients? A 12 months follow-up study

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1219-1223

  Nigro, Gerardo ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Politano, Luisa ^b   Della Cioppa, Nadia ^c   Rago, Anna ^a   Arena, Giulia ^a   Papa, Andrea Antonio ^a   Paoli, Lucrezia Delli ^a   De Chiara, Annabella ^b   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Golino, Paolo ^a   Calabr, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Bachmann's bundle; Interatrial septum pacing; Myotonic dystrophy; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACHMANN BUNDLE PACING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956534970     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq170     Document Type: Article

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