Evaluation of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients requiring permanent pacing

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 295-299

  Alexopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Perpinia, Anastasia ^a   Michelakakis, Nikolaos ^a   Kossyvakis, Charalambos ^a   Deftereos, Spyridon ^a   Pyrgakis, Vlassios ^a  

^a 'Sismanogleio' General Hospital of Athens   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophy; Pacing; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 77957761404     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944710381603     Document Type: Article

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