Implementation of Impedance Method in Syncope Treatment

• Authors: Kazimierz Pęczalski , Dariusz Wojciechowski , Zbigniew Dunajski , Tadeusz Pałko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Current syncope treatment by cardiac pacing is limited to patients developing cardiodepressive reaction. There is strong need to apply this method to other types of reaction. Presented method shows, that impedance method can be applied for early detection of vasodepressive syncope. Thus the method can be applied for antivasovagal pacing in syncopic patients.

Keywords

EN

impedance cardiography; cardiac pacing; syncope

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 93-103

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2007

online

30 - 12 - 2008

Contributors

author

Kazimierz Pęczalski

author

Dariusz Wojciechowski

• IBBE Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

author

Zbigniew Dunajski

author

Tadeusz Pałko

• Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10013-007-0008-3