Age dependency of sensing performance and AV synchrony in single lead VDD pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 863-869

  Wiegand, Uwe K H ^a   Potratz, Jürgen ^a   Bode, Frank ^a   Schneider, Regina ^a   Peters, Werner ^a   Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial sensing; AV synchrony; Single lead VDD pacemaker; Sinus node function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIOSENSOR; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0034030854     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00856.x     Document Type: Article

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