Impedance of pacemaker leads: Correlation of different methods

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-94

  Siegmund, Joachim B ^a   Wilson, John H ^a   Lattner, Stephen E ^a   Granneman, Kimberly ^a   Johnson, Robert ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

lead impedance; pacing system analyzer; polarization effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030042857     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04795.x     Document Type: Article

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