Cardiac Pacemakers: Diagnostic Options · Dual Chamber Pacing Rate Responsive Pacing · Antitachycardia Pacing

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
The “Philosophy” of the Diagnostic Pacemaker....Pages 1-3
Comparison of Different Pacemakers with Holter Functions....Pages 4-7
Clinical Evaluation of a Diagnostic Pulse Generator (DPG) with Special Analysis Functions in Pacemaker Patient Follow-up....Pages 8-28
Clinical Importance of the Analysis Functions of a Multiprogrammable Pacemaker....Pages 29-32
Determination of the Endocardial Signal Amplitude in Single Chamber Demand Pacemakers: Comparison of two Measurement Methods....Pages 33-44
Progress in Holter Monitoring Towards an Implantable System....Pages 45-46
Memory Technology and Implantable Holter Systems....Pages 47-52
Value and Limitations of the Holter Functions of a Single Chamber Diagnostic Pacemaker....Pages 53-67
Pacemaker Holter ECG: Value and Limitations in Follow-up of Pacemaker Patients....Pages 68-77
Prevention and Improved Detection of Pacemaker Dysfunctions....Pages 78-86
Physiological Pacing and Biological Rate Adjustment....Pages 87-99
Rate Responsive Pacing — Initial Experience with the QT(TX/Quintech) and Biorate Pacemakers....Pages 100-106
Problems with the Slope Adjustment and Rate Adaptation in Rate Responsive Pacemakers: Oscillation Phenomena and Sudden Rate Jumps....Pages 107-122
Comparison of VVI and QT-Related Rate Adaptive Pacing — Pulmonary Artery Pressure, Pulmonary Capillary Pressure, Heart Rate and Cardiac Output....Pages 123-127
Clinical Experiences with the Respiratory Rate Responsive Pacemaker....Pages 128-131
Respiration Dependent Pacemakers....Pages 132-134
Results with the SO 2 -Controlled Pacemaker....Pages 135-138
Preliminary Clinical Results with a New Software-Controlled DDD Pacemaker....Pages 139-147
DDI Mode: a New Stimulation Mode in the Therapy of Pacesetting Disorders....Pages 148-152
A New Generation of Dual Chamber Pacemakers with Automatic in-built Rhythm Recognition Capabilities....Pages 153-157
Left Ventricular Function During VVI and DVI Pacing at Different Rates as Assessed by M-Mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiography, Gated Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (GASPECT) and Thermodilution....Pages 158-169
The Surgical Approach to Tachycardias....Pages 306-318
A Description of Reliable Pacemaker Holter Functions in the Future Antitachycardia Pacemaker....Pages 213-218
New Aspects on the Pathogenesis of Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias....Pages 170-177
Arrhythmias induced by antitachycardial pacing....Pages 298-305
Antitachycardia Pacemakers — an Overview....Pages 219-223
Value and Limitations of the DPG-1 Pacemaker Anti-Arrhythmic Functions....Pages 224-237
Use of Flywheel, Automatic Underdrive and Dynamic Overdrive in Atrial Pacers....Pages 238-247
Description and Efficacy of PASAR Algorithms....Pages 248-254
Clinical Results with the Tachylog P43....Pages 255-261
The Antitachycardia Capabilities of Symbios....Pages 262-263
Clinical Long-Term Experiences with High Rate Antitachycardia Stimulation (Cybertach 60)....Pages 264-270
Endo-Epicardial Cardioversion-Defibrillation for Termination of Drug-Refractory Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias....Pages 271-281
Pre-Implantation Evaluation of Candidates for an Antitachycardia Pacemaker....Pages 178-190
Single-Beat Stimulation and Train of Stimuli Method for Prevention of Reentrant Tachycardia....Pages 282-290
Hemodynamic and Antiectopic Effects of Long-term Dynamic Overdrive Pacing in Implanted VVI Pacemakers....Pages 291-297
Subthreshold Burst Pacing....Pages 191-193
Tachycardia Recognition by Implantable Devices....Pages 194-198
The Use of the Ventricular Paced Evoked Response in Antitachycardia Pacemaker Design....Pages 199-206
Detection and Discrimination of Supraventricular Tachycardia from Sinus Tachycardia of Overlapping Cycle Lengths....Pages 207-212
Back Matter....Pages 319-323