Implantable cardioverter defibrillator proarrhythmia due to an interaction with "noncompetitive atrial pacing": An algorithm to prevent atrial arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1656-1659

  Cron, Thomas A ^a   Schaer, Beat ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillators; Preventive pacing algorithms; Proarrhythmia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ALGORITHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 1842841816     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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