Predictors for permanent pacemaker implantation after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 984-988

  Pecha, Simon ^a   Schäfer, Timm ^a   Yildirim, Yalin ^a   Ahmadzade, Teymour ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Reichenspurner, Hermann ^a   Wagner, Florian Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINUS ARREST, CARDIAC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894045001     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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