Automatic verification of ventricular stimulation: Fusion management algorithm

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-69

  Bertini, Matteo ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Ziacchi, Matteo ^a   Valzania, Cinzia ^a   Saporito, Davide ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic capture verification; Back up stimulation; Evoked response; Fusion phenomenon; Intrinsic conduction search

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549040596     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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