Far-field QRS complex sensing: Prevalence and timing with bipolar atrial leads

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-320

  Brandt, Johan ^a   Worzewski, Wolf ^b   Attuel, Patrick ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Biotronik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial pacemaker lead; Dual chamber pacing; Oversensing; QRS complex sensing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PREVALENCE; PULSE GENERATOR; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 0034021440     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb06755.x     Document Type: Article

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