Paradoxical atrial undersensing due to inappropriate atrial noise reversion of atrial fibrillation in dual-chamber pacemakers

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 696-700

  Kolb, Christof ^a,b   Halbfaß, Philipp ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dual chamber pacemakers; Mode switch; Noise detection; Paradoxical undersensing; Sensing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PARADOXICAL ATRIAL UNDERSENSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 22244454731     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40762.x     Document Type: Article

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