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Pseudo SVT in the Pacemaker Patient
Author(s) -
MODI SIMON,
BARKER DIANE,
COOPER ROBERT,
PATWALA ASH,
HALL MARK
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8159.2010.02922.x
Subject(s) - medicine , supraventricular tachycardia , atrioventricular block , cardiology , tachycardia , electrophysiology study , refractory (planetary science) , heart block , cardiac pacing , electrocardiography , atrial fibrillation , catheter ablation , physics , astrobiology
This is an interesting report of a supraventricular tachycardia in a paced patient with intermittent atrioventricular nodal block. Only electrophysiology testing revealed the correct diagnosis. Images explain how pacemaker timing cycles and refractory periods can confuse an otherwise straightforward diagnosis. (PACE 2010; 1–3)