A rare case of 'runaway' pacemaker in a modern CPU-controlled pacemaker
| Autor: | Paul Maccaro, Amgad N. Makaryus, Carol Patrick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Sick Sinus Syndrome medicine.medical_specialty Pacemaker Artificial Lightheadedness business.industry Rare entity General Medicine Pacemaker mediated tachycardia law.invention law Internal medicine Tachycardia Rare case Cardiology medicine Artificial cardiac pacemaker Humans Equipment Failure medicine.symptom Emergencies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Aged |
| Zdroj: | Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 28(9) |
| ISSN: | 0147-8389 |
| Popis: | "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 with newer pacemaker generators, runaway pacemaker is a rare entity. We report the case of a runaway pacemaker in a modern CPU-con trolled pacemaker in a 79-year-old man presenting with lightheadedness and review the literature regarding this rare entity. |
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