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Electrograms were recorded from the right atrial appendage and at multiple sites within the coronary sinus. The duration of atrial activation was measured during pacing at the right atrial appendage, atrial septum, and coronary sinus os, and also during dual site stimulation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The duration of atrial activation with atrial appendage pacing was notably longer (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) than with dual site, septal, or coronary sinus os pacing, but there were no significant differences in atrial activation times between these latter three pacing modes. When stimulating the atria at a cycle length of 500\u2009ms, the mean (SD) duration of atrial activation was 145 (37)\u2009ms for right atrial appendage pacing, 93 (26)\u2009ms for dual site pacing, 96 (28)\u2009ms for septal pacing, and 98 (28)\u2009ms for coronary sinus os pacing.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Assuming that the duration of atrial activation is an important determinant of predisposition to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, atrial septal pacing or coronary sinus os pacing would appear to offer the same advantage as dual site pacing without the additional complexities associated with the latter pacing mode.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/heart.84.2.193","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T06:37:59Z","timestamp":1027751879000},"page":"193-196","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Comparison of the acute effects of pacing the atrial septum, right atrial appendage, coronary sinus os, and the latter two sites simultaneously on the duration of atrial activation"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"84","author":[{"given":"D H","family":"Bennett","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Cardiac Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0735-1097(98)00489-6"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2220","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01156.x","article-title":"Atrial septal pacing to synchronize atrial depolarisation in patients with delayed interatrial conduction.","volume":"21","author":"Katsivas","year":"1998","journal-title":"PACE"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1197","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9149(98)00604-3","article-title":"Regional right and left atrial activation patterns during single- and dual-site atrial pacing in patients with atrial fibrillation.","volume":"82","author":"Prakash","year":"1998","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.96.9.2992"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9149(98)01035-2","article-title":"Multisite or alternate site pacing for the prevention of atrial fibrillation.","volume":"83","author":"Ramdat Misier","year":"1999","journal-title":"Am J Cardiol"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1893","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.96.6.1893","article-title":"Coronary sinus pacing prevents induction of atrial fibrillation.","volume":"6","author":"Papageorgiou","year":"1997","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"2025100705531189000_84.2.193.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1009867305678"}],"container-title":["Heart"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/heart.84.2.193","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,7]],"date-time":"2025-10-07T12:53:16Z","timestamp":1759841596000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/heart.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/heart.84.2.193"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2000,8,1]]},"references-count":7,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,8,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2000,8,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1136\/heart.84.2.193"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/heart.84.2.193","relation":{},"ISSN":["1355-6037","1468-201X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1355-6037","type":"print"},{"value":"1468-201X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2000,8,1]]}}}