Advanced rhythm discrimination for implantable cardioverter defibrillators using electrogram vector timing and correlation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1092-1097

  Gold, Michael R ^a   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^b   Thompson, Julie A ^c   Kim, Jaeho ^c   Schwartz, Mark ^c   Bocek, Joe ^c   Lovett, Eric G ^c   Hsu, William ^c   Morris, Milton M ^c   Lang, Douglas J ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Detection; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036853056     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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