Mode switching in dual chamber pacemakers: Effect of onset criteria on arrhythmia-related symptoms

Europace

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Marshall, H J ^a,e   Kay, G N ^b   Hess, M ^c   Plumb, V J ^b   Bubien, R S ^b   Hummel, J ^d   Dawson, D ^d   Markewitz, T ^c   Gammage, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d Riverside Hospital   (United States)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dual chamber pacing; Mode switching algorithms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0032601088     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1998.0012     Document Type: Article

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