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Pacemaker Runaway Following Intermittent Output Failure
Author(s) -
RUBENSTEIN JOEL J.,
LAFORET EUGENE G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1983.tb05307.x
Subject(s) - medicine , artifact (error) , heart failure , cardiology , syncope (phonology) , neuroscience , biology
A case with a mixed pattern of pacemaker failure is presented, “Runaway” pacemaker with ventricular capture at 250 beats per minute occurred three days after the development of syncope associated with intermittent loss of pacing artifact. Presumed protection by placement of a temporary pacemaker upon admission was unfounded. This case argues for rapid diagnosis of pacemaker failure, followed by prompt surgical exploration and repair of the pacing system.