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Augmentation of Cardiac Output by External Cardiac Pacing: Pacemaker‐Induced CPR
Author(s) -
MURDOCK DAVID K.,
MORAN JOHN F.,
SPERANZA DAVID,
LOEB HENRY S.,
SCANLON PATRICK J.
Publication year - 1986
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.1540-8159.1986.tb05369.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiogenic shock , cardiology , cardiac pacing , cardiac pacemaker , cardiac output , heart block , shock (circulatory) , blood pressure , anesthesia , electrocardiography , myocardial infarction
Transthoracic cardiac pacing is frequently associated with simultaneous stimulation of skeletal muscle and nerves. We describe a patient in cardiogenic shock and complete heart block in whom the associated vigorous abdominal and chest muscle contractions caused by transthoracic cardiac pacing resulted in a marked augmentation of cardiac output and systemic blood pressure via a “CPR” effect