Improved efficacy of mode switching during atrial fibrillation using automatic atrial sensitivity adjustment

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 17-25

  Lam, Cathy T F ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^b   Leung, Sum Kin ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^b   Ayers, Gregory ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Automatic mode switching; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TAPE RECORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032924888     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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