Bradycardia-dependent rise in the atrial capture threshold early after cardiac pacemaker implantation in patients with sick sinus syndrome

Akira Kimata; Kentaro Yoshida; Noriyuki Takeyasu; Rieko Nakagami; Jun Osada; Takeshi Mitsuhashi; Kazutaka Aonuma; Akihiko Nogami

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.08.012

Bradycardia-dependent rise in the atrial capture threshold early after cardiac pacemaker implantation in patients with sick sinus syndrome

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2015 Oct 3;2(1):27-31. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.08.012. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Authors

Akira Kimata^{1

2}, Kentaro Yoshida^{1

2}, Noriyuki Takeyasu^{1

2}, Rieko Nakagami³, Jun Osada⁴, Takeshi Mitsuhashi⁵, Kazutaka Aonuma², Akihiko Nogami²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Kasama, Japan.
² Cardiovascular Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Yokosuka General Hospital Uwamachi, Yokosuka, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bradycardia; ECG, electrocardiography; EPS, electrophysiological study; Pacemaker; Phase 4 block; SSS, sick sinus syndrome; Sick sinus syndrome; Threshold; bpm, beats per minute.

Publication types

Case Reports