Double counting of the ventricular electrogram in biventricular pacemakers and ICDs

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1645-1648

  Barold, S Serge ^a,b   Herweg, Bengt ^a   Gallardo, Ignacio ^a  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0042200233     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00246.x     Document Type: Editorial

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