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Diagnosis of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders by Visual Analysis of Transthoracic Impedance Signals in Pacemakers
Author(s) -
Christoph Scharf,
Yong K. Cho,
Konrad E. Bloch,
Corinna Brunckhorst,
Fırat Duru,
Kryzstof Balaban,
Nancy Foldvary,
Lynn Liu,
Richard C. Burgess,
RETO CANDINAS,
Bruce L. Wilkoff
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.0000145540.36097.eb
Subject(s) - medicine , breathing , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , audiology , cardiology , anesthesia , apnea , computer science , operating system
Minute ventilation sensors of cardiac pacemakers measure ventilation by means of transthoracic impedance changes between the pacemaker case and the electrode tip. We investigated whether this technique might detect sleep-related breathing disorders.

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