Automatic mode switching of implantable pacemakers: I. Principles of instrumentation, clinical, and hemodynamic considerations

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 967-983

  Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Leung, Sum Kin ^b   Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Barold, S Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Broward General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial tachycardia; Automatic mode switching; Dual chamber pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RECIPIENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN;

EID: 0036318376     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00967.x     Document Type: Review

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