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Transesophageal Echocardiography for Insertion of a Physiological Pacemaker in Early Pregnancy
Author(s) -
JORDAENS LUC J.,
VANDENBOGAERDE JOHAN F.,
BRUAENE PETER,
BUYZERE MARC
Publication year - 1990
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.1540-8159.1990.tb02138.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pregnancy , heart block , first trimester , atrioventricular block , electrocardiography , fetus , genetics , biology
A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted during the first trimester of pregnancy in a patient with second‐degree heart block and syncope. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to confirm satisfactory position in the right atrial appendage.