Method of pacing does not affect the recurrence of syncope in carotid sinus syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 827-833

  McLeod, Christopher J ^a   Trusty, Jane M ^a   Jenkins, Sarah M ^a   Rea, Robert F ^a   Cha, Yong Mei ^a   Espinosa, Raul A ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a   Hayes, David L ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid sinus hypersensitivity; pacing

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESYNCOPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT FORM 36; SUDDEN BRADYCARDIA RESPONSE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84863433589     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03375.x     Document Type: Article

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