Influence of the pacing rate on the atrioventricular conduction time during aerobic and anaerobic exercise: Basic concepts for a dromotropically controlled rate responsive pacemaker

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1782-1791

  Meine, Mathias ^a   Hexamer, Martin ^a   Werner, Jürgen ^a   Israel, Carsten W ^b   Mügge, Andreas ^b   Lemke, Bernd ^c   Barmeyer, Jürgen ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular conduction; Rate responsive pacemaker; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033371890     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00411.x     Document Type: Article

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