Atrial signal amplitude measurements in VDD systems according to body position

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1344-1346

  Kuzniec, Jairo ^c   Golovchiner, Gregory ^a   Mazur, Alexander ^c   Battler, Alexander ^c   Strasberg, Boris ^b  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Pacing; VDD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTURE;

EID: 7744226750     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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