User's Manual

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Technical Data
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Terms and Abbreviations
AA
Interatrial conduction time
AESW
Atrial extrasystole interval (atrial extrasystole window)
ARP
Atrial refractory period
AUI
Atrial upper interval
AUR
Atrial upper rate
Autoshort
Capacitor discharge time after pace
AV
Interval between an atrial action and the following ventricular action
B
Blanking
BiA , BiV
Biatrial, biventricular
BI
Basic interval
BOS
Beginning of service (for the implant)
Cross-Triggering
After atrial sensing events, pacing occurs in the other atrium
Cut-off voltage
Minimum operational voltage of the implant
Detection
Evaluation of a sensed signal by the implant
DSS
Reduction interval (decrement step size)
Double-Triggering
In response to each atrial action, triggering follows in both atria
EMI
Interference that causes the pacemaker to switch to a safety mode
(electromagnetic interference)