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A Rare Case of “Runaway” Pacemaker in a Modern CPU‐Controlled Pacemaker
Author(s) -
MAKARYUS AMGAD N.,
PATRICK CAROL,
MACCARO PAUL
Publication year - 2005
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.1540-8159.2005.00202.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lightheadedness , artificial cardiac pacemaker , cardiology , cardiac pacemaker
“ Runaway” pacemaker is a rare entity that occurs when a malfunctioning artificial cardiac pacemaker abruptly accelerates its pacing rate above the set upper rate limit. This can result in life‐threatening dysrhythmia. Runaway pacemaker used to occur more frequently in older model pacemakers, but now with newer pacemaker generators, runaway pacemaker is a rare entity. We report the case of a runaway pacemaker in a modern CPU‐controlled pacemaker in a 79‐year‐old man presenting with lightheadedness and review the literature regarding this rare entity.