Impact of automatic adjustment of stimulation outputs on pacemaker longevity in a new dual-chamber pacing system

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Brockes, Christiane ^a   Rahn Schönbeck, Mariette ^a   Duru, Firat ^a   Candinas, Reto ^a   Turina, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autocapture; Evoked response; Longevity; Pacemaker; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037298954     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022391931093     Document Type: Article

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