Permanent Pacing Flashcards

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Q

def

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a small device placed in the chest which controls abnormal heart rhythms

central role in bradycardia

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what sort of permanent pacemaker is used for atrial and ventricular tachyarrhthmias

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ICDs

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what sort of permanent pacemaker is used for heart failure

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cardiac resynchronization therapy

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4
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indications

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1 class I
-symptomatic bradycardia
-2nd degree (mobitz 2) + 3rd degree heart block
-persistant AF
2 class IIa
-symptomatic sinus node disease with heart rate <40 bpm or unexplained syncope
-first- or second-degree heart block causing pacemaker syndrome

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complications

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1 procedural
-haematoma
-pneumothorax
-pericardial effusion
2 late complications
-lead displacement
-infection
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