His bundle electrograms in 51 patients requiring permanent transvenous pacemakers
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His bundle electrograms in 51 patients requiring permanent transvenous pacemakers
Abstract
Fifty-one patients required the implantation of a Cordis Omnis-Stanicor permanent pacemaker. His bundle electrograms studies, which included right atrial pacing and sinoatrial (SA) node postsuppression recovery times, were performed prior to the implantations. Pacing and sensing thresholds were obtained in all patients. Syncope or episodes of dizziness were the presenting symptoms in virtually every patient. Twenty-eight of the 51 patients had the sick sinus syndrome. Only nine patients were in complete heart block, and an additional nine were in second-degree heart block. The His bundle electrogram technique was not particularly helpful in selecting the potential pacemaker candidate. The symptomatic patient with second- or third-degree heart block requires a pacemaker. In the sick sinus syndrome, the His bundle electrogram was a disappointing tool in detecting abnormalities. In chronic bundle branch block, the His bundle electrogram appears to play a major role. A prolonged H-V interval in a symptomatic patient, in whom a specific noncardiac cause cannot be identified, signifies that a pacemaker is required.
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