[The sick sinus syndrome. Our experience with permanent electrostimulation]

Our study concerns 20 patients affected by "Sick Sinus Syndrome", these has been observed in our Coronary Care Unit during the period 1-7-1976 to 26-4-1979. All patients has been submitted to an electrophysiological study of the conduction system; of those only 16 has been treated with a permanent PMK, the other 4 with medical therapy. Our study's results underline the problematic nature of the "Sick Sinus Syndrome" and underline its etiopathogenetic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.