?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Devices+for+Prevention+of+Atrial+Tachyarrhythmias&rft.creator=Fern%C3%A1ndez+Lozano%2C+Ignacio&rft.creator=Toquero%2C+Jorge&rft.creator=Fern%C3%A1ndez+D%C3%ADaz%2C+Jos%C3%A9+Antonio&rft.creator=Ionescu%2C+Bogdan&rft.creator=Mo%C3%B1ivas%2C+Vanesa&rft.creator=Ortiz%2C+Pilar&rft.creator=Fuertes%2C+Beatriz&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Atrial+fibrillation+(AF)+is+the+most+frequent+sustained+cardiac+arrhythmia+in+clinical+practice+and%2C+although+its+importance+has+been+underestimated+even+in+recent+years%2C+we+are+now+becoming+aware+of+its+clinical+transcendence1%2C2%2C3.+The+classical+treatment+is+pharmacological%2C+but+its+efficacy+is+limited+and+it+does+have+side+effects4%2C5.+Therefore%2C+in+recent+years%2C+there+has+been+an+increasing+interest+in+other+types+of+non-pharmacological+treatments6%2C7.+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%2C9%2C10.+There+are+currently+different+lines+of+research+that+use+different+atrial+pacing+techniques+to+prevent+and+treat+episodes+of+paroxysmal+atrial+fibrillation11%2C12.+Techniques+of+multi-site+pacing+in+the+right+atrium+or+both+atria%2C+new+atrial+pacing+sites%2C+prevention+algorithms+for+paroxysmal+atrial+fibrillation+episodes%2C+and+even+high-frequency+atrial+tachyarrhythmia+termination+algorithms+have+all+been+proposed.+In+this+article%2C+we+will+try+to+synthesize+the+grounds+for+and+findings+of+the+different+lines+of+research+currently+being+developed.+&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=2004-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4228%2F1%2Flozano.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4228%2F2%2Flozano.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fern%C3%A1ndez+Lozano%2C+Ignacio+and+Toquero%2C+Jorge+and+Fern%C3%A1ndez+D%C3%ADaz%2C+Jos%C3%A9+Antonio+and+Ionescu%2C+Bogdan+and+Mo%C3%B1ivas%2C+Vanesa+and+Ortiz%2C+Pilar+and+Fuertes%2C+Beatriz++(2004)+Devices+for+Prevention+of+Atrial+Tachyarrhythmias.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4228%2F