A rare case of 'runaway' pacemaker in a modern CPU-controlled pacemaker.
'Runaway' pacemaker is a rare entity that occurs when a malfunctioning artificial cardiac pacemaker abruptly accelerates its pacing rate above the set upper rate limit. This can result in life-threatening dysrhythmia. Runaway pacemaker used to occur more frequently in older model pacemakers, but now...
| Publicado en: | Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 993 - 997 |
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| Formato: | case study tables/charts tracings Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2005
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| Sumario: | 'Runaway' pacemaker is a rare entity that occurs when a malfunctioning artificial cardiac pacemaker abruptly accelerates its pacing rate above the set upper rate limit. This can result in life-threatening dysrhythmia. Runaway pacemaker used to occur more frequently in older model pacemakers, but now with newer pacemaker generators, runaway pacemaker is a rare entity. We report the case of a runaway pacemaker in a modern CPU-controlled pacemaker in a 79-year-old man presenting with lightheadedness and review the literature regarding this rare entity. |
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