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Visualizing Pacemaker‐Induced Phrenic Nerve Stimulation with Acoustic Cardiography
Author(s) -
TOGGWEILER STEFAN,
KOBZA RICHARD,
ROOS MARKUS,
ERNE PAUL
Publication year - 2007
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.1540-8159.2007.00756.x
Subject(s) - medicine , phrenic nerve , stimulation , anesthesia , cardiology , respiratory system
This case study illustrates that acoustic cardiography—a simple non‐invasive test—can be applied in any diagnostic setting as well as during biventricular pacemaker implantation to ensure that the pacemaker settings are not leading to phrenic nerve stimulation.