Pacemaker implantation for treatment of symptomatic atrioventricular conduction block caused by a vagus nerve stimulator

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1651-1654

  Yun, Lin ^a   Li, Jianming ^b   Li, Huagui ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular block; Pacemaker; Seizure; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOSARTAN; TEMAZEPAM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCK; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPISTAXIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HOLTER MONITOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE STIMULATOR; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84906934494     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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