Rate Adaptive Cardiac Pacing

A detailed overview of an advanced form of heart stimulation by means of cardiac pacemakers. The text explains how the heart rate is controlled by one or several sensors that detect various parameters such as respiration, blood temperature, oxygen saturation and body activity.

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'Rate Adaptive Cardiac Pacing' provides a comprehensive overview of this advanced form of stimulating the heart by means of cardiac pacemakers that vary the pacing rate according to the needs of the patients. The heart rate is controlled by one or several sensors that detect various parameters such as respiration, blood temperature, oxygen saturation, intracardiac pressure, QT interval, stroke volume and body activity. Besides describing the clinical and functional characteristics of these various sensors, the book also gives a clear understanding of haemodynamic aspects and, in particular, important clinical issues such as the indications for rate adaptive pacing and the combination of various sensors, which are among the most recent developments in the field.