Automatic adjustment of pacing output in the clinical setting

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a,b,e   Rincón, Leonor G ^a   Oliveira, Bruna G ^a   Vinha, Caio R ^c   Melatto, Douglas ^c   Torres, Ana A ^a   Barros, Vladimir C V ^a   Levine, Paul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c St Jude Medical Brasil   (Brazil)

^d ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0346786484     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00529-5     Document Type: Article

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