Pacing of the interventricular septum versus the right ventricular apex: A prospective, randomized study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 621-627

  Domenichini, Giulia ^a   Sunthorn, Henri ^a   Fleury, Eric ^a   Foulkes, Huberdine ^a   Stettler, Carine ^a   Burri, Haran ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Left ventricular function; Right ventricular apex; Right ventricular function; Ventricular septum

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR APEX; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 84865686514     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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