The DVI mode of cardiac pacing: a second coming?

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 521 - 523
• Main Authors: Barold, S.Serge, Gallardo, Ignacio, Sayad, Dany
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.2002; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Atrial Fibrillation - complications; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; Cardiology; Diseases of the cardiovascular system; Heart; Heart Conduction System - surgery; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart Ventricles - surgery; Humans; Medical equipment; Medical sciences; Pacemaker, Artificial; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Treatment Outcome; Human; Heart failure; Arrhythmia; Device; Treatment efficiency; Atrial fibrillation; Instrumentation therapy; Electrophysiology; Cardiovascular disease; Bilateral; Exploration; Heart ventricle; Excitability disorder; Permanent waving; Instrumental stimulation; Treatment; Pacemaker; Heart disease; Technique; Comparative study

Conventional dual-chamber pacemakers are being increasingly used in an 'off-label' fashion with their shortest arrioventricular delay for ventricular resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure, intraventricular conduction delay, and permanent atrial fibrillation. Programmi...