A 74-year-old woman had undergone implantation of a permanent pacemaker (VDD) for grade 3 atrioventricular block two years previously, with no intervening complications. At a routine follow-up consultation, although she presented no symptoms, pacemaker dysfunction was detected (undersensing and failure to capture). A posteroanterior chest X-ray showed the pacemaker lead tip protruding outside t...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Our aim is to describe the analysis of the pacemaker implants and replacements reported to the Spanish Pacemaker Registry in 2010, with special reference to the selection of pacing modes. METHODS Data collection was based on the information provided by the European Pacemaker Patient Identification Card, which was processed using a specially designed computer applic...

We analyzed the correlation between Left Ventricular (LV) contraction and right ventricular pacing position via longitudinal strain on 2 dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in a patient underwent permanent pacemaker implantation developed induced cardiomyopathy

Background: The development of neonatal cardiology and cardiac surgery, as well as the earlier diagnosis of congenital defects, arrhythmias, and cardiac conduction disorders, contributed to the systematic increase of the number of children and young adults undergoing electrophysiological procedures, as well as to the reduction of the age at which these procedures are performed. Children requiri...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing pacemaker implantation often experience anxiety and fear. As such, studies have focused on the mechanisms that relieve the negative emotions caused by the intervention. Continuous nursing is a safe and effective nursing mode. In this study, continuous nursing intervention was provided for elderly patients undergoing pacemaker implantation and an empirical investig...

Four female patients aged 26 to 71 years, with permanent complete AV heart block and an implanted pacemaker had syncope or presyncope after the pacemaker implantation. As part of the study protocol the tilt table test was done. Neurological disease, arrhythmias, pacemaker syndrome or dysfunction of the stimulation system were ruled out. A head up tilt was performed, isosorbide was used as pharm...

AIMS Recently, some studies revealed the efficacy of pacemaker implantation in decreasing recurrences in patients with vasovagal syncope. As these studies were not blinded or placebo-controlled, the benefits observed might have been due to a bias in the assessment of outcomes or to a placebo effect of the pacemaker. We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in order to a...

A total number of 339 patients who received a pacemaker implantation between June 2012 and June 2014 at Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College (Wuhan, China) were investigated in the present study. The aims of the present study were to explore the risk factors of pocket hematoma following pacemaker implantation, and to analyze the effect of anti-allergy treatment on pocket-related complicati...

OBJECTIVE To assess outcomes of pacemaker upgrade from single chamber ventricular to dual chamber. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing the procedure. SETTING Specialist cardiothoracic unit. PATIENTS 44 patients (15 female, 29 male), mean (SD) age at upgrade 68.2 (12.9) years. INTERVENTIONS Upgrade of single chamber ventricular to dual chamber pacemaker. MAIN OUTCOME M...

In the series of 86 patients with the Stokes-Adams syndrome or with symptomatic bradycardia managed with permanently implanted ventricular pacemakers reported on, 35 patients had primary implantation of epicardial leads at thoracotomy and 51 had transvenous endocardial electrodes passed via the jugular venous system for permanent ventricular pacing. The transvenous method of permanent pacemaker...