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oversensing

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oversensing
[-sen′sing]
the sensation of stimuli, such as magnetism or static electricity, that are not normally detected by the sense organs.

oversensing
Cardiac pacing Inhibition of a pacemaker to events other than those which the pacemaker was designed to sense–eg, myopotentials, electromagnetic interference, T-waves, crosstalk, etc. See Cardiac pacing.


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Of the almost 2,000 arrhythmias identified and recorded by the ICD devices in this study, 8% were classified as oversensing, 4% were sinus tachycardias, 18% were supraventricular arrhythmias, and 70% were ventricular arrhythmias.
1 mm tip-to-ring spacing reduces oversensing of far-field R-wave signals (an electrical signal originating in the lower chamber of the heart and sensed by the lead in the upper chamber of the heart).
 
 
 
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