A rare case of "runaway" pacemaker in a modern CPU-controlled pacemaker

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 993-996

  Makaryus, Amgad N ^a   Patrick, Carol ^a   Maccaro, Paul ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysrhythmia; Pacemaker mediated tachycardia; Runaway pacemaker; Tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT; COMPUTER; DIZZINESS; GENERATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RUNAWAY PACEMAKER; TACHYCARDIA; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

AGED; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33644696223     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00202.x     Document Type: Review

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