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Feasibility of pacemaker therapy after dynamic cardiomyoplasty
M P van Den Berg1, D Nagelkerke, R M Brouwer
1Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|December 10, 1999
Abstract:
A 54-year-old man presented with total atrioventricular (AV) block 3 months after dynamic cardiomyoplasty was performed because of heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Though the cardiomyostimulator acted as a back-up pacemaker, a DDDR pacemaker was implanted to optimize hemodynamics. During testing no cross-sensing or cross-stimulation between the pacemaker and the cardiomyostimulator was demonstrable. The synchronization delay, however, had to be adjusted.