American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 750-753 , November 2003

Pacing in elderly patients

  • Arshad Jahangir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA
    • ,
  • Win K Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests: Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905-0001, USA.

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☆ AJ is supported by the grants from the National Institute on Aging (AG21201-01), the American Heart Association (02-30133N) and the Mayo Foundation for Research and Education (CR75 Research Award). WKS is supported by two grants from the National Institutes of Health (P50NS 32352-7 and R01HL 70302-1).

PII: S0002-8703(03)00454-X

doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00454-X

American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 750-753 , November 2003

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