Adverse effects of permanent atrial fibrillation on heart failure in patients with preserved left ventricular function and chronic right apical pacing for complete heart block

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 829-836

  Lampe, Brigitte ^a   Hammerstingl, Christoph ^a   Schwab, Jörg Otto ^a   Mellert, Fritz ^a   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a   Grigull, Andreas ^a   Fimmers, Rolf ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^b   Nickenig, Georg ^a   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a   Yang, Alexander ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Heart failure; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84869136622     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-012-0468-7     Document Type: Article

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