Malfunction of the automatic slope adjustment of the QT sensor in patients with normal QT intervals

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-407

  Ruiter, Jacob H ^a   Barrett, Michael J ^a   Weteling, Loes ^a   Jansen, Rik ^a  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

24 hour Holter; Pacemaker tachycardia; QT prolongation; QT sensor; QT window; T wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOSENSOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HISTOGRAM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; QT INTERVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 1542401221     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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