title: Devices for Prevention of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias
creator: Fernández Lozano, Ignacio
creator: Toquero, Jorge
creator: Fernández Díaz, José Antonio
creator: Ionescu, Bogdan
creator: Moñivas, Vanesa
creator: Ortiz, Pilar
creator: Fuertes, Beatriz
subject: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
description: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent sustained cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice and, although its importance has been underestimated even in recent years, we are now becoming aware of its clinical transcendence1,2,3. The classical treatment is pharmacological, but its efficacy is limited and it does have side effects4,5. Therefore, in recent years, there has been an increasing interest in other types of non-pharmacological treatments6,7. Physiologic cardiac pacing has proven to be more effective than VVI mode pacing to prevent the occurrence of AF during the follow-up of patients who have had a permanent pacemaker implanted 8,9,10. There are currently different lines of research that use different atrial pacing techniques to prevent and treat episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation11,12. Techniques of multi-site pacing in the right atrium or both atria, new atrial pacing sites, prevention algorithms for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes, and even high-frequency atrial tachyarrhythmia termination algorithms have all been proposed. In this article, we will try to synthesize the grounds for and findings of the different lines of research currently being developed. 
publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
contributor: Singh, Balbir
contributor: Lokhandwala, Yash
contributor: Francis, Johnson
contributor: Gupta, Anup
date: 2004-01
type: Journal (Paginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: text/html
identifier: http://cogprints.org/4228/1/lozano.htm
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/4228/2/lozano.pdf
identifier:   Fernández Lozano, Ignacio and Toquero, Jorge and Fernández Díaz, José Antonio and Ionescu, Bogdan and Moñivas, Vanesa and Ortiz, Pilar and Fuertes, Beatriz  (2004) Devices for Prevention of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/4228/