ANS monitoring using right ventricular impedance

Author

Urbaszek, A. ; Polley, R. ; Hutten, H. ; Schaldach, M.

Author_Institution

Zentralinstitut fur Biomed. Technik, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

1994

Firstpage

878

Abstract

Intracardiac impedance measurements allow the monitoring of the contractile status of the heart, which depends mainly on the sympathetic drive by the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS-controlled rate-responsive pacemaker, which uses the stimulating electrode at the same time as the measuring electrode, is of special clinical advantage. The clinical evaluation of this pacing system in more than 200 patients confirmed adequate rate adaptation

Keywords

biocontrol; bioelectric phenomena; electric impedance measurement; neurophysiology; pacemakers; patient monitoring; ANS monitoring; ANS-controlled rate-responsive pacemaker; adequate rate adaptation; autonomic nervous system; clinical evaluation; contractile status; heart; intracardiac impedance measurements; measuring electrode; pacing system; patients; right ventricular impedance; special clinical advantage; stimulating electrode; sympathetic drive; Biomedical measurements; Blood; Control systems; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Fluid flow measurement; Impedance measurement; Monitoring; Pacemakers; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415192

Filename

415192