?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Effects+Of+Right+Ventricular+Apical+Pacing+On+Left+Ventricular+Function+%0A%0AStimulation+Of+The+Right+Ventricular+Apex%3A+Should+It+Still+Be+The+Gold+Standard%3F%0A&rft.creator=Szili-Torok%2C+T&rft.creator=Thornton%2C+A&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Current+pacing+practice+is+undergoing+continuous+and+substantial+changes.+Initially+pacing+had+an+exclusively+palliative+role%2C+since+it+was+reserved+for+patients+developing+complete+heart+block+or+severe+symptomatic+bradycardia.+With+the+appearance+of+novel+pacing+indications+such+as+pacing+for+heart+failure+and+atrial+fibrillation%2C+the+effect+of+pacing+site+on+cardiac+function+has+become+a+critically+important+issue+and+a+subject+for+consideration.+It+seems+that+the+classical+pacing+site+in+the+right+ventricular+apex+is+no+longer+the+gold+standard+because+of+possible+disadvantageous+effects+on+cardiac+function.+The+aim+of+this+review+article+is+to+discuss+the+effect+of+right+ventricular+apical+pacing+on+cardiac+function+including+cellular+and+hemodynamic+changes.+We+also+aim+to+discuss+the+role+of+alternative+pacing+sites+in+the+light+of+cardiac+function.+%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2003-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4287%2F1%2Ftorok.htm&rft.identifier=++Szili-Torok%2C+T+and+Thornton%2C+A++(2003)+The+Effects+Of+Right+Ventricular+Apical+Pacing+On+Left+Ventricular+Function+Stimulation+Of+The+Right+Ventricular+Apex%3A+Should+It+Still+Be+The+Gold+Standard%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4287%2F