A new defibrillator discrimination algorithm utilizing electrogram morphology analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Gold, Michael R ^a,c   Hsu, William ^b   Marcovecchio, Alan F ^b   Olsovsky, Mary R ^a   Lang, Douglas J ^b   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Guidant/CPI ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032953057     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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