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General Characteristics of Sensors Used in Rate-Adaptive Pacing: The Ideal Sensor-Open- and Closed-Loop Concept

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Since their introduction, rate-adaptive pacemakers have rapidly gained acceptance by the medical community. Automatic adaptation of the pacing rate to the momentary metabolic needs of the individual patient significantly improved the patient’s exercise tolerance. As this was recognized several sensors were investigated as to their ability to indicate the required pacing rate.

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  1. Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW 3 6NP, UK

    A. F. Rickards

  2. Technical Division, Vitatron Medical B.V, Postfach 76, 6950 AB, Dieren, The Netherlands

    W. Boute

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  1. I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaningerstr. 22, 8000, München 80, Germany

    Eckhard Alt

  2. Genesee Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 224 Alexander Street, 14607, Rochester, New York, USA

    S. Serge Barold

  3. Bereich Medizin (Charité), Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Schumannstr. 20, 1040, Berlin, Germany

    Karl Stangl

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Rickards, A.F., Boute, W. (1993). General Characteristics of Sensors Used in Rate-Adaptive Pacing: The Ideal Sensor-Open- and Closed-Loop Concept. In: Alt, E., Barold, S.S., Stangl, K. (eds) Rate Adaptive Cardiac Pacing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76649-7_5

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