Pacemaker tachycardia in a minute ventilation rate-adaptive pacemaker induced by electrocardiographic monitoring

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-440

  Lau, Wendy ^a   Corcoran, Susan J ^a   Mond, Harry G ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interference; Minute ventilation; Monitors; Rate adaptive pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SOTALOL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33645721554     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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