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NOTE:

The bars of the histogram are standardized to a rate class width of 10 ppm to avoid distortion of the rate distribution.

2.21 Arrhythmia Statistics

2.21.1 Tachy Episode Trend

The Tachy Episode trend can only be selected when Mode Switching has been programmed ON and for events that occur at less than 1 minute intervals are combined in the tachy episode and stored.

In the tachy episode trend, each tachycardic mode switching episode is recorded in the statistics table with its initial date and time as well as its duration. This documents both the frequency and length of the tachycardic periods which can be evaluated in the follow-up.

Mode Switch Counter – A counter reports the number of mode switches that occurred since the last follow-up visit.

Mode Switch Trend (Tachy Episode Protocol) - The trend records up to 64 atrial tachycardia episodes that result in a mode switch. The trends are available as a rolling trend and therefore contain information about the most recent events. The atrial tachycardia episodes are displayed graphically as a function of time on the programmer screen.

NOTE:

When the elective replacement indication (ERI) has been attained, the contents of the tachy episode trends as well as all memory contents are “frozen” and further recording is stopped.

2.21.2 AF Classification

To adequately record atrial fibrillation (AF) and reduce the number of times the recording is turned ON and OFF, a lower and upper AF detection rate can be set. Both the lower sensing rate as well as well as the upper resolution rate is programmable: (100… (10)…300…… (2)…400 ppm).