Quiz: Wenckebach Requiring Permanent Pacing

Authors

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

Keywords:

atrioventricular block, infra-His block, Wenckebach AV block

Abstract

A 70-year old woman presented to the emergency department with fatigue and presyncopal episodes commencing two days earlier. The ECG recording revealed 2:1 atrioventricular block with periods of 3:2 Wenckebach conduction. The intracardiac electrograms during spontaneous sinus rhythm and atrial pacing are displayed below... (excerpt)

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Published

2011-04-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2011)

Section

QUIZ

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