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Equipment for the electrophysiology laboratory: possibilities and limitations

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In this chapter, an overview will be presented of the equipment required for invasive electrophysiological investigations in patients suffering from cardiac arrhythmias or conduction disturbances. In this context, the term electrophy-siologic investigation represents those methods and techniques used to make the differential diagnosis, to determine the etiology, and to evaluate the selected therapy in patients suffering from conduction disturbances and/or tachyarrhythmias. After a brief overview of these investigational techniques, a description of the hardware will be given, followed by a discussion of the influence the application of additional computer techniques could have.

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  1. Willem R. M. Dassen
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  1. University Hospital Gasthuisberg O/N, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Andrè E. Aubert

  2. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Hugo Ector

  3. Department of Cardiology, Sint-Jozef Hospital, Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 57, B-8400, Oostende, Belgium

    Roland Stroobandt

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Dassen, W.R.M., Mulleneers, R.G.A., Smeets, J.R.L.M. (1994). Equipment for the electrophysiology laboratory: possibilities and limitations. In: Aubert, A.E., Ector, H., Stroobandt, R. (eds) Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0872-0_1

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