The impact of automatic threshold tracking on pulse generator longevity in patients with different chronic stimulation thresholds

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11 II, 2000, Pages 1788-1791

  Simeon, Lucas ^a   Duru, Firat ^a   Fluri, Martin ^b   Jenzer, Hans R ^b   Rahn, Mariette ^a   Candinas, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic threshold tracking; Longevity; Pacemaker; Pulse generator; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE GENERATOR;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033675488     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb07019.x     Document Type: Article

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