Optimized standby rate reduces the ventricular rate variability in pacemaker patients with atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1780-1785

  Greenhut, Saul E ^a   Fraser, Jennifer ^b   Steinhaus, Bruce ^a   Feld, Gregory ^c   Hughes, William ^b  

^a Telectronics Pacing Systems   (United States)

^b Kawartha Cardiology Clinic   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; ventricular pacing; ventricular rate stabilization; ventricular rate variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; R WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0029907772     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03224.x     Document Type: Article

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