Automatic atrial threshold measurement and adjustment in pediatric patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-313

  Hiippala, Anita ^a   Serwer, Gerald A ^b   Clausson, Eva ^c   Davenport, Lynn ^d   Brand, Trina ^d   Happonen, Juha Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Medtronic AB   (Sweden)

^d MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ACM; Atrial threshold; Children; Epicardial

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PEDIATRICS; SINUS NODE DISEASE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICHIGAN; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649240337     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02619.x     Document Type: Article

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