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Apparent Acute Reversible Right Ventricular Pacing‐Induced Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Author(s) -
TE CHARLES C.,
STAVRAKIS STAVROS,
LOZANO PEDRO,
REYNOLDS DWIGHT
Publication year - 2013
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.1540-8167.2012.02396.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular pacing , ventricle , ventricular function , sick sinus syndrome , anesthesia , heart failure
Apparent Acute Reversible Right Ventricular Pacing‐Induced Left Ventricular Dysfunction . We report the case of a 70‐year‐old Caucasian male with a dual chamber (right atrium/right ventricle) pacemaker implanted for sinus node dysfunction and not pacemaker (PM) dependent who was found to have an apparent acute worsening of left ventricular (LV) function with right ventricular (RV) apical pacing caused by the mode switch to VVI pacing as battery depletion occurred. LV dysfunction resolved immediately with RV pacing turned off. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this phenomenon. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 24, pp. 224‐226, February 2013)