Artificial pacing in management of complete heart block complicating acute myocaerdial infarction
| Autor: | D. G. Julian, B. W. Lassers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1968 |
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Bradycardia
Pacemaker Artificial medicine.medical_specialty Heart block Myocardial Infarction Infarction Internal medicine Methods Ventricular asystole medicine Humans Insulin Myocardial infarction Sympathomimetics Royal infirmary Progressive Patient Care General Environmental Science business.industry Isoproterenol General Engineering General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Glucose Heart Block Ventricular Fibrillation Ventricular fibrillation Potassium Cardiology Coronary care unit General Earth and Planetary Sciences medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 2:142-146 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.2.5598.142 |
| Popis: | Complete heart block complicates approximately 6 to 8% of cases of acute myocardial infarction and is associated with a high mortality (Julian et al., 1964 ; Meltzer, 1967 ; Siddons and Sowton, 1967). In some patients death may be due to coexistent severe myocardial damage rather than to a compli cation of heart block itself, but in others it can be attributed to ventricular asystole or severe bradycardia. In the latter cases control of the cardiac rhythm by drugs or artificial pacing may be effective and life-saving. The purpose of this communica tion is to review the first 51 cases of complete heart block complicating acute myocardial infarction admitted to the coronary care unit of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, with particular reference to the role of pacing in the management of this disorder of conduction. |
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