Open AccessThe relationship between right ventricular pacing and atrial fibrillation burden and disease progression in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: the long-MinVPACE study
Author(s) -
Rick A. Veasey,
A. Arya,
John Silberbauer,
Vaibhav Sharma,
Guy Lloyd,
Nikhil Patel,
A. N. Sulke
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euq463
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , paroxysmal atrial fibrillation , ventricular pacing , atrioventricular block , sick sinus syndrome , heart disease , heart failure
In patients requiring permanent pacemaker implantation for sinus node disease (SND) or atrioventricular (AV) block, right ventricular (RV) pacing has been demonstrated to increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF). The effects of RV pacing in patients with paroxysmal AF are less well defined. Short- and medium-term studies have suggested no significant correlation between RV pacing and atrial fibrillation burden (AFB) measurement; we sought to assess for an effect in the long-term.
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