Asystole Following Left Ventricular Pacing |
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| Authors: | REBECCA W LAI KENT J VOLOSIN |
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| Institution: | From the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | During biventricular ICD implantation, pacing the epicardial inferior posterior-lateral surface of the left ventricle via the coronary sinus produced asystole. The proposed mechanism is a Bezold-Jarisch reflex manifested by a drop in heart rate and blood pressure through direct C fiber stimulation. (PACE 2004; 27Pt. I]:815–817) |
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| Keywords: | cardiac resynchronization therapy Bezold-Jarisch reflex |
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