Can chest roentgenogram predict the posture dependent changes of atrial sensing performance in patients with a VDD pacemaker?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1339-1343

  Choi, Kee Joon ^a   Nam, Gi Byoung ^a   Kim, Jun ^a   Rhee, Kyoung Suk ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial sensing failure; Chest roentgenogram; Single lead VDD pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER FAILURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 7744239641     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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