Ablation and pacing: Improving brain perfusion and cognitive function in patients with atrial fibrillation and uncontrolled ventricular rates

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-326

  Efimova, Irina ^a   Efimova, Nataliya ^a   Chernov, Vladimir ^a   Popov, Sergey ^a   Lishmanov, Yuri ^a  

^a CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; brain perfusion; cognitive function; pacemaker implantation; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PACEMAKER; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CATHETER ABLATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 84857992872     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03277.x     Document Type: Article

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