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Single-lead VDD pacing. A case of cross-talk
U Simoncelli1, V Coppola, C Gentilini
1Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Orsola Fatebenefratelli, Brescia.
Minerva Cardioangiologica
|January 22, 1998
Abstract:
The haemodynamic and electrophysiological benefits of dual chamber pacing are well recognized at the cost of a more complex and expensive implant. In selected groups of patients VDD-mode dual chamber pacing offers the advantages of dual chamber pacing with the use of a single catheter and is nowadays gaining increasing popularity. The following report describes an uncommon and potentially harmful pacemaker malfunction secondary to the dislodgement of the catheter.