title: Reliability of an automatic sensing test with beat-to-beat display of the signal amplitude.
abstract: In contrast to testing of the capture threshold, the reliability of sensing tests has been little studied. This study was performed to test the automatic sensing algorithm included in the Biotronik pacing systems. The automatic measurements made by the devices were compared with the direct manual measurements made of 271 atrial (72%) or ventricular (28%) electrograms recorded in ten patients. A high correlation (r = 0.995, P < 0.0001) was found between the two types of measurements. The use of this function should facilitate the verification of accurate sensing during the long-term follow-up of pacemaker patients, and offers a tool to analyze the variations in amplitude of intracardiac signals.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie A, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint Cloud, France. Alazarus1@aol.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cazeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gras
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mugica
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013686:Telemetry