Palpitations in a patient with a dual-chamber pacemaker: what is the mechanism?

Pasquale Santangeli; Angela Tsiperfal; Paul J Wang; Amin Al-Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.036

Palpitations in a patient with a dual-chamber pacemaker: what is the mechanism?

Heart Rhythm. 2013 Dec;10(12):1824-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.036. Epub 2013 Jul 24.

Authors

Pasquale Santangeli¹, Angela Tsiperfal, Paul J Wang, Amin Al-Ahmad

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

PMID: 23891958
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.036

No abstract available

Keywords: AV interval; AVI; LRL; PVAB; PVARP; PVC; Pacemaker; Palpitations; URL; Undersensing; lower rate limit; postventricular atrial blanking period; postventricular atrial refractory period; premature ventricular contraction; upper rate limit.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electrocardiography
Equipment Failure
Female
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*
Ventricular Premature Complexes / etiology*
Ventricular Premature Complexes / physiopathology