Noninvasive diagnosis of a wide QRS complex tachycardia mechanism by programmed atrial and ventricular stimulation using a dual chamber defibrillator

C Sticherling; G F Michaud

doi:10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01097.x

Noninvasive diagnosis of a wide QRS complex tachycardia mechanism by programmed atrial and ventricular stimulation using a dual chamber defibrillator

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2001 Jul;24(7):1097-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01097.x.

Authors

C Sticherling¹, G F Michaud

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Box 0022, Ann Arbor, MI 49109-0022, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 11475825
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01097.x

Abstract

Stored atrial and ventricular electrograms retrieved from dual chamber implantable defibrillators facilitate the diagnosis of arrhythmias. This case also illustrates the usefulness of programmed atrial and ventricular stimulation for noninvasive rhythm diagnosis in patients with a wide QRS tachycardia and an implantable defibrillator.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electrocardiography*
Equipment Design
Humans
Male
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology*