Pacemaker syndrome induced by the mode switching algorithm of a DDDR pacemaker

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 682-685

  Jaïs, Pierre ^b   Barold, S Serge ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^b   Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Hocini, Mélèze ^b   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^b   Clémenty, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic mode switching; First degree AV block; Pacemaker syndrome; Sinus tachycardia

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 0345643448     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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