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False-positive behavior with the dP/dt sensing pacemaker: a rare complication of a physiological sensor
G H Crossley1, L A Kiger, W K Haisty
1Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. gcrossle@isnet.is.wfu.edu
Abstract:
As with "nonphysiological" devices, sensors that directly measure physiological variables have the potential to measure unexpected signals and for the physiological parameter being measured to respond in an unexpected manner. We present the case of a dP/dt sensing pacing system that functioned normally for 2 months and then developed upper rate behavior due to the sensing of a high frequency artifact on the pressure recording. Our case and others cited reinforce the need for future physiological rate responsive pacemakers to incorporate a second sensor to provide for backup rate response in cases of inappropriate rate response.
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