Effect of modern pacing algorithms on generator longevity: A predictive analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1796-1802

  Gelvan, Dan ^a   Crystal, Eugene ^a,b   Dokumaci, Barbaros ^c   Goldshmid, Yuval ^a   Ovsyshcher, I Eli ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SSK Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AV interval; Battery longevity; Capture management; Current drain; Pacemaker; Sinus preference; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141630307     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00272.x     Document Type: Article

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