Can transventricular intracardiac impedance measurement discriminate haemodynamically unstable ventricular arrhythmias in human?

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Kaye, Gerry ^a   Edgar, Deborah ^b   Mudawi, Telal ^a   Lippert, Michael ^c   Czygan, Gerald ^c  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Biotronik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemodynamic stability; Transventricular intracardiac impedance; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33846928758     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul150     Document Type: Article

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