Nocturnal peak in atrial tachyarrhythmia occurrence as a function of arrhythmia burden

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 604-611

  Shusterman, Vladimir ^a   Warman, Eduardo ^b   London, Barry ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Autonomic nervous system; Circadian; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862230381     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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