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Pseudomalfunctions of Dual‐Chamber Pacemakers
Author(s) -
PARSONNET VICTOR,
BERNSTEIN ALAN D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1983.tb04376.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dual (grammatical number) , single chamber , cardiology , literature , art
La prolifération de la stimulation auriculoventriculaire a crée de nombreux cas de “pseudo‐dysfonctionnemenl” du stimulateur. En ce qui concerne ľinterpretation electrocardiographique, il est devenu parfois impossible de faire la distinction entre normal et anormal. La classification et les critères de ces phénomenes sont décrits. Il semble que seule la connaissance parfaite du fonctionnement de cheque stimulateur préviendra la fausse interprétation des tracés éléctrocardiographiques. The proliferation of dual‐chamber pacemakers has created a host of electrocardiography problems relating to interpretation. The term “pseudomalfunction” identifies an electrocardiographic finding that looks like pacemaker malfunction but is not. Several different models of dual‐chamber pacemakers, which are either presently available or in clinical evaluation, produce different types of pseudomalfunc‐tions. These are classified and described. Intimate knowledge of individual pacemaker characteristics is required for proper evaluation of these units.