Detection of atrial fibrillation by implanted devices with wireless data transmission capability

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Varma, Niraj ^a   Stambler, Bruce ^a   Chun, Sung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Automatic mode switch; Cardiac pacing; Home monitoring; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMETRY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12844258988     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00083.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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