PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.327-332, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Compared to atrioventricular sequential pacing, ventricular demand pacing is known to have somewhat more deleterious hemodynamic effects, which probably arise from increased sympathetic tonus and inappropriate baroreceptor activation. Endothelial function is affected by various local and systemic factors including baroreceptor activity. The aim of this study was to explore whether cardiac pacing would have any effect on endothelial functions.