CardioExchange Archive

CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

January 11th, 2013

You Know You Need a Pacemaker When…

CardioExchange welcomes this guest post from Dr. Westby Fisher, an electrophysiologist practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. This piece originally appeared on his blog, Dr. Wes.

… your pause, when held vertical, exceeds one third of your height:

Strip recorded 1.5 years after implant of an implantable loop recorder showing new 27-second pause (period between large black boxes on the strip represent six seconds each).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Categories: Electrophysiology


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