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...

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Publicado en:Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 993 - 997
Autores principales: Makaryus AN, Patrick C, Maccaro P
Formato: case study tables/charts tracings Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2005
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