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Strategy for estimating optimal heart rate in refractory heart failure with relative sinus bradycardia: A case report
Daisuke Nagatomo1, Norihiko Kotooka1, Goro Yoshioka1
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan.
Abstract:
Relative bradycardia (mild sinus bradycardia) is one of the major barriers for the effective treatment of hemodynamically unstable patients with heart failure and reduced cardiac output. We report a case of a man aged 58 years with an old broad anterior myocardial infarction and relative bradycardia (about 60 bpm) suffering from symptoms of congestive heart failure at rest in spite of optimal medical therapy, including the use of the inotropes. Transvenous atrial pacing during right heart catheterization indicated that an increase in heart rate (up to 80 bpm) improved hemodynamics immediately. Implantation of a pacemaker (atrial pacing of 80 bpm) was effective for stabilizing the heart failure symptoms. Transvenous atrial pacing during right heart catheterization is effective for estimating the optimal heart rate in patients with heart failure and relative bradycardia. <Learning objective: Temporary atrial pacing during right heart catheterization is effective for estimating the optimal heart rate in patients with refractory heart failure and relative bradycardia. We present a case of inotrope-dependent heart failure. Our findings, obtained through echocardiography and right heart catheterization, showed dramatic improvements in hemodynamic parameters following an increase in heart rate via a cardiac pacemaker. This case assesses the impact of optimal heart rate in severe heart failure with relative bradycardia.>.
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