Title :
Intracardiac Electrical Bioimpedance as a Basis for Controlling of Pacing Rate Limits
Author :
Kink, Andres ; Salo, Rodney W. ; Min, Mart ; Parve, Toomas ; Ratsep, Indrek
Author_Institution :
SmartImplant, Ltd., Tallinn
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Intracardiac impedance can provide real-time hemodynamic information to automatically control the lower and upper rate limits of a rate-adaptive pacemaker. It is necessary to overcome a number of technical challenges to accomplish this within the constraints of an implantable device
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; blood vessels; cardiovascular system; haemodynamics; pacemakers; implantable device; intracardiac electrical bioimpedance; pacing rate limits; rate-adaptive pacemaker; real-time hemodynamic information; Acceleration; Bioimpedance; Blood; Cities and towns; Control systems; Heart rate; Hemodynamics; Impedance; Pacemakers; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260260
