Intrapatient comparison of atrial and ventricular sensing, pacing threshold, and impedance: Benefits with steroid-eluting leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1482-1487

  Moracchini, Pier Vittorio ^a,b   Tesorieri, Maria Cristina ^a   Giuliani, Mauro ^a   Alfano, Giuseppe ^a   De Seta, Francesco ^a   Boschi, Silvana ^a  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

impedance; low energy stimulation; pacing threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STEROIDS;

EID: 0029823909     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03162.x     Document Type: Article

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