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Dual‐chamber pacing in the cardiomyopathy of primary amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Clugston Richard A.,
Davis Michael J.E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb99437.x
Subject(s) - restrictive cardiomyopathy , cardiomyopathy , medicine , cardiology , atrioventricular block , amyloidosis , cardiac amyloidosis , cardiac pacing , cardiac function curve , dual function , heart block , heart failure , electrocardiography , contouring , engineering drawing , engineering
Cardiac function in a 75‐year‐old woman with primary amyloidosis and a restrictive cardiomyopathy deteriorated markedly after the occurrence of high‐grade atrioventricular block. Atrial synchronous cardiac pacing, which was unreported previously in his setting, produced a marked improvement in cardiac performance.