Long-term clinical experience with the EGM width detection criterion for differentiation of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11 I, 2000, Pages 1611-1617

  Unterberg, Christina ^a   Stevens, Jens ^a   Vollmann, Dirk ^a   Hasenfuss G ^a   Buchwald, Arnd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardioverter defibrillator; Detection; Supraventricular tachycardia; Width criterion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033635520     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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