Extensive variation in the signal amplitude of the atrial floating VDD pacing electrode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1760-1765

  Sun, Zhi Hong ^a   Stjernvall, Joachim ^a   Laine, Petri ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrial signal; Lead performance; Single lead VDD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031691492     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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