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Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Pessac
Apical ventricular pacing can cause ventricular dyssynchrony
August 16th, 2005
Apical ventricular pacing can cause ventricular dyssynchrony in congenital heart block (CHB) patients. In patients with CHB, "dual-chamber pacing restores physiological heart rate and atrio-ventricular synchronization," cardiologists in France explained. "However, patients with narrow QRS junctional escape rhythm may be deleteriously affected by long-term, permanent apical ventricular pacing." In their study, J.B. Thambo and coauthors working at the Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque in Pessac "assessed the impact of apical ventricular pacing on echocardiographic ventricular dyssynchrony and hemodynamic parameters." "Fourteen...
Source: Managed Care Business Week (2005-08-16)
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