Management of far-field R wave sensing for the avoidance of inappropriate mode switch in dual chamber pacemakers: Results of the FFS-test study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 992-997

  Kolb, Christof ^a,i   Wille, Bernd ^b   Maurer, Dominik ^c   Schuchert, Andreas ^d   Weber, Ralf ^e   Schibgilla, Volker ^f   Klein, Norbert ^g   Hümmer, Alexander ^h   Schmitt, Claus ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ambulantes Herzzentrum Lichtenberg   (Germany)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e Schwalm Eder Klinik   (Germany)

^f KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h St Jude Medical GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual chamber pacemaker; Mode switch; Pacemaker diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; FAR FIELD R WAVE SENSING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SINUS NODE DISEASE; STANDARD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33747316320     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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