Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by an Atrial Synchronous Ventricular‐Inhibited Pacemaker
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 5 (4), 490-494
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1982.tb02266.x
Abstract
Atrial synchronous pacemakers have been known to cause a variety of cardiac arrhythmias. Of particular concern are those arrhythmias involving a pacemaker stimulus occurring on a T wave, because these may lead to ventricular tachycardia. The Medtronic 2409 ASVIP pacemaker is an atrial synchronous pacemaker with several features designed to decrease the likelihood of such arrhythmias. We report a patient in whom a normally functioning Medtronic 2409 ASVIP pacemaker, despite these features, induced recurrent ventricular tachycardia. Conditions which predisposed this patient to pacemaker-induced re-entrant arrhythmias are discussed.Keywords
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