Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1164-1171 , October 2006

Reduction of atrial tachyarrhythmia episodes during the overdrive pacing period using the post–mode switch overdrive pacing (PMOP) algorithm

  • Helmut Pürerfellner, MD, Priv.-Doz

      Affiliations

    • Public Hospital Elisabethinen Academic Teaching Hospital, Linz, Austria
    • Dr. Pürerfellner has worked as a consultant/advisor for Medtronic.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: H. Pürerfellner, M.D., Public Hospital Elisabethinen, Academic Teaching Hospital, Internal Department/Division of Cardiology, Fadingerstrasse 1, A-4010 Linz, Austria.
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  • Jaap H. Ruiter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Center, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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  • Joseph W.M.G. Widdershoven, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Tweesteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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  • Isabelle C. Van Gelder, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Lubos Urban, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Slovensky Ustav Srdcovych a Cievnych Chorob, Bratislava, Slovakia
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  • Charles J.H.J. Kirchhof, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rijnland Ziekenhuis, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands
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  • Ales Havlicek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Artur Koblitz, s.r.o., Regional Hospital Pardubice, Czech Republic
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  • Lilian Kornet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bakken Research Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
    • Dr. Kornet works as a researcher for Medtronic.
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  • PMOP Investigators

Received 22 December 2005 ,Accepted 5 June 2006.

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PII: S1547-5271(06)01610-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.06.007

Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1164-1171 , October 2006

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