ECG Quiz

Authors

  • Ector Anninos First Department of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Spyridon Koulouris Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Kostas Kappos Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Keywords:

cardiac pacemaker, pacing algorithm, minimizing ventricular pacing algorithm

Abstract

This pacemaker ECG (Figure) belongs to a patient who received the device (Symphony DR 2550, Sorin Group) due to sick sinus syndrome combined with atrioventricular (AV) conduction disturbances. Is the pacemaker malfunctioning given the fact that it encorporates a specific algorithm to minimize ventricular pacing? ...(excerpt)

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Published

2011-01-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)

Section

QUIZ

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