Supraventricular tachycardia-ventricular tachycardia discrimination algorithms in implantable cardioverter defibrillators: State-of-the-art review

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 606-612

  Swerdlow, Charles D ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillator; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0035007761     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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