Is automatic mode switching effective for atrial arrhythmias occurring at different rates? A study of the efficacy of automatic mode and rate switching to simulated atrial arrhythmias by chest wall stimulation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 824-831

  Leung, Sum Kin ^d   Lau, Chu Pak ^a,c   Lam, Cathy Tse Fun ^d   Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lee, Kathy ^a   Chan, Wai Kwong ^b   Leung, Zoe ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mode switching; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0000340954     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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