Interatrial conduction correlates with optimal atrioventricular timing in cardiac resynchronization therapy devices

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Levin, Vadim ^a   Razavi, Mehdi ^b   Coll, Robert ^c   Coles Jr , James A ^c   Sambelashvili, Aleksandre ^c  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

AV delay; Biventricular pacing; Optimization; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DELAY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETER; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953783372     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02988.x     Document Type: Article

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