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Atrial Pacing Bigeminy: A Manifestation of Crosstalk
Author(s) -
KERSSCHOT IVO E.,
ORTMANNS PAUL,
GOETHALS MARC A.
Publication year - 1985
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.1540-8159.1985.tb05779.x
Subject(s) - bigeminy , medicine , cardiology , ventricular pacing , crosstalk , heart failure , electronic engineering , ventricular tachycardia , engineering
Atrial pacing bigeminy. defined as atrial pacing with alternating short and long cycle lengths, was recorded in two out of five DDD‐pacemaker implants. Another fascinating feature, the lowering of the effective pacing rate after programming to a higher rate, occurred in one patient. Both phenomena can be explained by crosstalk; appropriate programming resulted in normal DDD‐function in all cases. These observetions in our patients have led to some interesting conclusions regarding multiprogrammability and nominal settings.