Inhibition of ventricular stimulation in patients with dual chamber pacemakers and prolonged AV conduction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1425-1431

  Bode, Frank ^a   Wiegand, Uwe ^b   Katus, Hugo A ^b   Potratz, Juergen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial undersensing; AV block; Dual chamber pacing; Pacemaker syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

EID: 0032705349     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00345.x     Document Type: Article

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