Programmed Atrial Sensitivity: A critical determinant in Atrial Fibrillation detection and optimal Automatic Mode Switching

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2214-2219

  Leung, Sum Kin ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Lam, Cathy Tse Fun ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Tang, Man Oi ^a   Chung, Felsa ^a   Ayers, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Automatic mode switching; Oversensing; Programmed atrial sensitivity; Undersensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SINUS RHYTHM;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031724365     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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