Prevention of syncope through permanent cardiac pacing in patients with bifascicular block and syncope of unexplained origin: The PRESS study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-107

  Santini, Massimo ^a   Castro, Antonio ^b   Giada, Franco ^c   Ricci, Renato ^a   Inama, Giuseppe ^d   Gaggioli, Germano ^e   Calò, Leonardo ^f   Orazi, Serafino ^g   Viscusi, Miguel ^h   Chiodi, Leandro ⁱ   Bartoletti, Angelo ^j   Foglia Manzillo, Giovanni ^k   Ammirati, Fabrizio ^l   Loricchio, Maria L ^b   Pedrinazzi, Claudio ^d   Turreni, Federico ^b   Gasparini, Gianni ^c   Accardi, Francesco ^m   Raciti, Giovanni ^m   Raviele, Antonio ^c  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^g PO S Camillo De Lellis   (Italy)

^h Azienda Ospedaliera San Sebastiano   (Italy)

ⁱ Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata   (Italy)

^j SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l ASL RM/D   (Italy)

^m Boston Scientific   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Bifascicular block; Pacemakers; Randomized controlled trial; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIFASCICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART BLOCK; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876306174     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.975102     Document Type: Article

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