Abstract:
:The ECGs of four patients with implanted dual chamber VDD and DDD PMKs are shown to demonstrate the difficulty of their interpretation and show some arrhythmias related to dual chamber pacing. In the first patient the DDD PMK caused a high ventricular frequency synchronizing on the atrial fibrillation "f" waves which occurred suddenly some time after PMK implantation; this problem was solved by programming the PMK in VVI. The second and third case, with implanted DDD and VDD PMK respectively, exemplify atrial sensing dysfunction due to atrial catheter displacement. In the fourth patient, with implanted VDD PMK, VDD stimulation periods and VVI ones alternated due to non-adjusted programming. Therefore, the paper re-emphasizes the need for accurate and periodic controls of patients with implanted PMK to correct dysfunction or undesirable patterns of stimulation.
journal_name
Minerva Cardioangioljournal_title
Minerva cardioangiologicaauthors
Vitale N,Santangelo L,Scialdone A,Civitillo UF,Mayer MS,Nave C,Vitale Psubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-04-01 00:00:00pages
111-7issue
4eissn
0026-4725issn
1827-1618journal_volume
39pub_type
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04568-6
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.23736/S0026-4725.16.04278-X
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease characterised by massive ventricular hypertrophy, reduced diastolic function and excessive ventricular contraction. It involves sections of both ventricles, but in particular the left ventricle. Although it was initially thought that this pathology might depend on a modified sy...
journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-06-10 00:00:00