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Asystole Following Left Ventricular Pacing
Author(s) -
LAI REBECCA W.,
VOLOSIN KENT J.
Publication year - 2004
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.1540-8159.2004.00535.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asystole , cardiology , ventricle , coronary sinus , reflex , heart rate , sinus bradycardia , anesthesia , blood pressure , bradycardia
During biventricular ICD implantation, pacing the epicardial inferior posterior‐lateral surface of the left ventricle via the coronary sinus produced asystole. The proposed mechanism is a Bezold‐Jarisch reflex manifested by a drop in heart rate and blood pressure through direct C fiber stimulation. (PACE 2004; 27[Pt. I]:815–817)