Detection of atrial fibrillation during sinus tachycardia induced by exercise in patients with implantable atrial defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Ayers, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial defibrillator; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 0032902346     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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