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- Title
Concealed Mechanical Bradycardia: An Indication for Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.
- Authors
Barold, Helen S.; Hesselson, Aaron B.; Jollis, James; Wharton, J. Marcus; Bahinson, Tristram D.
- Abstract
We report a 51-year-old man with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure in whom incessant bigeminal ventricular ectopy failed to generate a detectable arterial pressure. This created a mechanical bradycardia despite an adequate electrical heart rate. Dual chamber pacing increased the effective heart rate and allowed discontinuation of an intraaortic balloon pump from which the patient could not otherwise be weaned.
- Subjects
BRADYCARDIA; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC pacemakers; CARDIAC pacing; IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments; CONGESTIVE heart failure; HEART beat; ELECTRIC stimulation
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 1998, Vol 21, Issue 10, p2007
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00025.x