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Pacing in Right Ventricular Dysplasia after Disconnection Surgery
Author(s) -
TANG CHUEN,
KLEIN GEORGE J.,
GUIRAUDON GERARD M.,
YEUNGLAIWAH JOHN A.,
QI ANZHEN,
KERR CHARLES R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bradycardia , cardiology , disconnection , dysplasia , heart failure , ventricular pacing , surgery , heart rate , political science , blood pressure , law
Pacing in Right Ventricular Dysplasia. This report describes a 33‐year‐old patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular (RV) dysplasia who had a dual chamber pacemaker implanted at age 23 years for drug‐induced bradycardia. Pacing was continued after right ventricular free‐wall disconnection (RVFVVD) at age 24 years. Her pacemaker was not replaced after battery depletion 7 years later. She presented the following year in severe right‐sided heart failure. Her old pacemaker generator was replaced. This was followed by rapid resolution of her clinical failure and return to a full, active, physical lifestyle. This observation suggests the potential benefit of dual chamber pacing in patients with RV dysplasia after RVFWD.