Preventricular far-field sensing in the atrial channel of dual chamber pacemakers - An occasional cause of inappropriate mode switch

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Kolb, Christof ^a   Aratma, Selim ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Far field sensing; Mode switch; Oversensing; Pacemaker diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; P WAVE; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3543114531     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000026917.82516.eb     Document Type: Article

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