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Transesophageal echocardiography for insertion of a physiological pacemaker in early pregnancy
L J Jordaens1, J F Vandenbogaerde, P Van de Bruaene
1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted during the first trimester of pregnancy in a patient with second-degree heart block and syncope. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to confirm satisfactory position in the right atrial appendage.