Incessant atrioventricular dissociation due to far-field QRS oversensing and recurrent mode switch in a dual chamber pacemaker

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Mauray, P ^a   Schlaepfer, J ^a   Arbane, M ^a   Girod, G ^a   Kappenberger, L ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial oversensing; Cross talk; Far field QRS signal; Mode switching

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0036556378     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0228     Document Type: Article

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