Pacemaker repetitive nonreentrant ventriculoatrial synchrony. Why did automatic mode switching occur?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-425

  Barold, S Serge ^a   Stroobandt, Roland X ^b   Van Heuverswyn, Frederic ^b  

^a Florida Heart Rhythm Institute   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automatic mode switching; Cardiac pacing; Retrograde ventriculoatrial conduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; AUTOMATIC MODE SWITCHING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NONREENTRANT VENTRICULOATRIAL SYNCHRONY; TELEMETRY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 84862862583     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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