The effect of single engine fixed wing air transport on rate-responsive pacemakers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 892-896

  De Rotte, August A ^a   Van Der Kemp, Peter ^a  

^a Foundation for Aviation Medicine Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Air transport; Pacemaker; Rate responsive pacing

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AUTOMOBILES; AVIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032744419     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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