Combined use of morphology discrimination, Sudden Onset, and Stability as discriminating algorithms in single chamber cardioverter defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1357-1366

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Occhetta, Eraldo ^b   Pistis, Gianfranco ^b   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Jorfida, Marcella ^b   Sermasi, Sergio ^b   Pagani, Massimo ^b   Gasparini, Gianni ^b   Musso, Giacomo ^b   Dall'acqua, Alberto ^b   Biffi, Mauro ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Detection; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036741212     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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