Pulse width ................................................................. 19
Sensitivity ................................................................... 19
Pacing and sensing polarities ..................................... 19
7.4. Refractory periods ............................................................ 20
Absolute refractory periods ........................................ 20
Committed period ....................................................... 20
Automatic AV delay .................................................... 20
AVD Paced/Sensed Offset ......................................... 21
7.5. Rate response .................................................................. 21
7.6. Therapeutic improvements .............................................. 22
SafeR mode ................................................................ 22
Dplus mode ................................................................ 22
Rate acceleration........................................................ 23
AV delay shortening ................................................... 23
Rest rate ..................................................................... 23
Rate smoothing .......................................................... 24
7.7. Managing atrial arrhythmias (AA) .................................... 25
Preventing AA: Overdrive ........................................... 25
Preventing AA: Post extrasystolic pause suppression25
Preventing AA: Acceleration on PAC ......................... 26
Protecting the ventricles against AA: Mode switching 26
7.8. Optimizing operation ........................................................ 27
Automatic detection of implantation ........................... 27
Autosensing ................................................................ 28
Ventricular Auto-threshold .......................................... 29
Anti-PMT protection .................................................... 29
8. Patient follow-up ...................................................................... 30
8.1. Follow-up recommendations ............................................ 30
8.2. Elective Replacement Indicator (ERI) .............................. 30
8.3. Explant ............................................................................. 31
8.4. Programmer tests ............................................................ 32
8.5. Interrogating the memories (AIDA+) ................................ 32
8.6. Pacemaker identification .................................................. 33
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