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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
The electrocardiographic characteristics of spontaneous escape rhythm during complete heart block induced by transcatheter ablation of the atrioventricular junction was prospectively studied in 21 patients by periodically interrupting temporary pacing. The data derived from 13 of these 21 patients, in whom conduction recurred after the procedure, were analyzed. An escape rhythm was present in 12 patients 8.2 +/- 5.8 minutes after shock delivery at a cycle length of 1985 +/- 974 ms. The escape QRS had a configuration of right bundle branch block with left axis deviation in 9 patients, of right bundle branch block with normal axis in 1, of left bundle branch block with left axis deviation in 1, and 2 distinct morphologies in the remaining patient. After resumption of conduction, the conducted complexes were identical to the escape complexes in six patients, different only in axis in four patients, and different in morphology in two patients. This suggests that in the majority of patients the escape rhythm seen during transient heart block, induced by transcatheter ablation of the atrioventricular junction, presents a right bundle branch morphology with or without a left axis deviation, and most likely originates from an area above, or close to, the site of the anatomical damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0147-8389
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrocardiographic characteristics of the escape rhythm in transient complete atrioventricular block induced by transcatheter electrical ablation of the atrioventricular junction.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre Cardiovasculaire J. Cantini, Université d'Aix-Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article