Enhanced specificity of a dual chamber ICD arrhythmia detection algorithm by rate stability criteria

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1113-1119

  Mletzko, Ralph ^a,h   Anselme, Frederic ^b   Klug, Didier ^c   Schoels, Wolfgang ^d   Bowes, Robert ^e   Iscolo, Nicolas ^f   Nitzsché, Rémi ^f   Sadoul, Nicolas ^g  

^a Herz Kreislauf Klinik   (Germany)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ELA Medical   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^h NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia detection; Arrhythmia therapy specificity; Atrial fibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 4344629471     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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