Automatic management of left ventricular stimulation: Hints for technologic improvement

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-353

  Biffi, Mauro ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Saporito, Davide ^a   Ziacchi, Matteo ^a   Stabellini, Silvia ^a   Valsecchi, Sergio ^b   Ricci, Valeria ^b   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic threshold measurement; Congestive heart failure; CRT; Defibrillation ICD; Left ventricular stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 61449195368     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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