Specificity of atrial mode switching in detecting atrial fibrillation episodes: Roles of length and contiguity

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  De Simone, Antonio ^a   Senatore, Gaetano ^b   Turco, Pietro ^a   Vitale, Dino Franco ^c   Romano, Enrico ^d   Stabile, Giuseppe ^a,e  

^a Casa di Cura San Michele   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Ciriè   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d St Jude Medical ^*  (Italy)

^e Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Automatic mode switching; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; RECIPIENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12844286182     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00031.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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