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Sensing of 2 atrial rhythms by a pacemaker in a transplanted heart.

Abstract
A patient who had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation received a VDD pacemaker for AV block. The pacemaker sensed both the recipient and donor atrial rhythms. The atrial lead must be implanted in the donor atrium: a double atrial electrogram requires a different atrial site unless programmable atrial sensitivity can establish preferential sensing of donor P waves.
AuthorsS Serge Barold, Bengt Herweg
JournalJournal of electrocardiology (J Electrocardiol) 2012 Jul-Aug Vol. 45 Issue 4 Pg. 426-7 ISSN: 1532-8430 [Electronic] United States
PMID22483171 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Heart Atria (physiopathology)
  • Heart Block (physiopathology, therapy)
  • Heart Conduction System (physiopathology)
  • Heart Transplantation (physiology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial

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