Determining optimal atrial sensitivity settings for single lead VDD pacing: The importance of the P wave histogram

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 619-623

  Langford, Edward J ^a   Smith, Russell E A ^a   Mc Crea, William A ^b   Wainwright, Ray J ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exercise; histogram; P wave amplitude; VDD pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; P WAVE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0030937146     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03879.x     Document Type: Article

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