Help! Doing a pacemaker and doc is saying

Posted By: Dancin Shoes on 2005-07-26
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threshold testing revealed R wave sensing at 22 millivolts and a pacing threshold of 1.2 volts at 0.5 milliseconds and 600 ***ABMs****??? Any EP geniuses out there that can help me???

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Help! Doing a pacemaker and doc is saying - Dancin Shoes
- ABM - No genius
- could they mean "impedance?" - Snow Bunny
- Are you sure it is not mA, milliamperes? nm - Cardiology
- AVN maybe, see messsage - maybe this will help
- re avn or abm's - sm
- LOL I'm wonderin if this word even exists! 24 of you have looked at post and none can help? :) n - Dancin Shoes
- Usually hear ohms here. Are they spelling out ABMs? nm - wanderer
  - No. He does say ohms, but it is clearly AV or ABM something. Thanks anyway! nm - Dancin Shoes
    - ABM - desertflour

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