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- Published on: 29 July 2010
- Published on: 19 July 2010
- Published on: 29 July 2010Pacemaker-mediated tachycardiaShow More
Ullah and Stewart present a case of pacemaker-mediated tachycardia (PMT). There are 2 specific issues that require clarification. Firstly, the authors suggest that this was a pacemaker malfunction. I would contend that the pacemaker was functioning appropriately as programmed (ie: it is the programming of the pacemaker that resulted in the PMT). Hence, programming changes can often prevent, detect and terminate PMT....
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None declared. - Published on: 19 July 2010Malfunction or malprogramming?Show More
Ullah and Stewart present a case of pacemaker-mediated tachycardia (PMT) and described it as a "malfunction of dual chamber pacing". However, I would contend that the pacemaker is functioning appropriately, ie: it is sensing atrial activity in the atrium and pacing (capturing) the ventricle. The problem in PMT is the retrograde atrial activation beyond the PVARP as described and appropriate programming of the PVARP based o...
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