Wavelet-based tachycardia discrimination in ICDs: Impact of posture and electrogram configuration

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1255-1260

  Wolber, Thomas ^a   Binggeli, Christian ^a   Holzmeister, Johannes ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a   Strobel, Ulla ^b   Boes, Claudia ^b   Moser, Ray ^b   Becker, Daniel ^b   Duru, Firat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrogram; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Morphology; Tachycardia discrimination; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SITTING; STANDING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPINE POSITION; TACHYCARDIA; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33750737325     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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