Single lead DDD system: A comparative evaluation of unipolar, bipolar, and overlapping biphasic stimulation and the effects of right atrial floating electrode location on atrial pacing and sensing thresholds

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1758-1763

  Tse, Hung Fat ^c   Lau, Chu Pak ^c   Leung, Sum Kin ^a   Leung, Zoe ^c   Mehta, Nawzer ^b  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Biotronik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DDD pacing; floating atrial electrode; single pass lead

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSOR;

EID: 0029907771     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03219.x     Document Type: Article

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