Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1203-1210 , November 2005

Automatic measurement of atrial pacing thresholds in dual-chamber pacemakers: Clinical experience with atrial capture management

  • Johannes Sperzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Med. Johannes Sperzel, Kerckhoff Klinik, Kardiologie, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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  • Goran Milasinovic, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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  • Timothy W. Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Hardwin Mead, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California
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  • Johan Brandt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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  • Wesley K. Haisty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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  • J. Russell Bailey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, North Carolina
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  • Marc Roelke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Consultants, West Orange, New Jersey
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  • Jay Simonson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Jennifer Englund, BS

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Eric Farges, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Steven Compton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alaska Heart Institute, Anchorage, Alaska
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  • Worldwide EnPulse™ Study Investigators

Received 21 January 2005 ,Accepted 21 July 2005.

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 This study was supported by Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.http://www.kerckhoff-klinik.de

PII: S1547-5271(05)01888-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.07.023

Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1203-1210 , November 2005

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