Cardiac pacing and coronary hemodynamics

Z S Kyriakides; T M Kolettis; Kremastinos DTh

doi:10.1016/s0033-0620(99)70023-x

Cardiac pacing and coronary hemodynamics

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1999 May-Jun;41(6):471-80. doi: 10.1016/s0033-0620(99)70023-x.

Authors

Z S Kyriakides¹, T M Kolettis, Kremastinos DTh

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 10445871
DOI: 10.1016/s0033-0620(99)70023-x

Abstract

This article reviews the current knowledge on the effects of pacing on coronary hemodynamics. In particular, the possible effects of heart rate, atrioventricular delay, ventricular depolarization sequence, and ventricular pacing site on the coronary circulation are examined.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial*
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Disease / physiopathology
Heart Rate*
Humans
Myocardial Contraction
Myocardium / metabolism
Oxygen Consumption
Stroke Volume