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An Unusual Cause of High Threshold Values at Pacemaker Implantation
Author(s) -
EMILSSON KENT,
ODDSSON HJORTUR,
ALLARED MATS,
BRORSON LEIF
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8159.1997.tb06185.x
Subject(s) - medicine , permanent pacemaker , euthyroid , implant , weakness , atrioventricular block , cardiology , surgery , thyroid
An 81‐year‐old man with third‐degree A V block and weakness underwent an unsuccessful attempt at DDD pacemaker implant caused by hypothyroidism. Administration ofthyroxin until he was euthyroid permitted implantation with normal stimulation thresholds.