Oversensing in a cardioverter defibrillator system caused by interaction between two endocardial defibrillation leads in the right ventricle

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 764-768

  Pfitzner, Petra ^a   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocardial lead system; Implantable defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PULSE GENERATOR;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031967223     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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