Automatic adjustment of pacemaker stimulation output correlated with continuously monitored capture thresholds: A multicenter study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1567-1575

  Clarke, Malcolm ^a   Liu, Bo ^b   Schüller, Hans ^c   Binner, Ludwig ^d   Kennergren, Charles ^e   Guerola, Modesto ^f   Weinmann, Peter ^g   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^h  

^a CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Research ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Clinica de Marcapasos SL   (Spain)

^g St Jude Medical Division Pacesetter   (Germany)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autocapture; Backup pulse; Evoked response; Exit block; Holter; Microny

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTOMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031826755     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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