Standby Pacing for Multiple Cardiac Arrhythmias

Long-term control of intractable supraventricular tachycardia by ventricular pacing.

“…A left atrial electrode site was also used by Cohen et al (1967) who reported successful prevention of recurrent ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in a 15-year-old girl who was also given propranolol. Furman, Escher, and Solomon (1967) reported their use of standby pacing in patients with supraventricular dysrhythmias and spontaneous or druginduced bradycardia, while the combination of propranolol and pacing was also used by Wennevold and Sand0e (1968) in the treatment of a patient with ventricular tachycardia.…”

Implantable Transvenous Cardiac Pacemakers: Indications, Complications and Management*

“…Since the introduction of artificial electrical stimulation of the heart by Bigelow, Callaghan and Hopps in 1950, cardiac pacemakers have evolved through many new models and complex circuits (3,4,13). Permanent endocardial pacing by totally implanted catheter pacemakers represents the simplest, most effective means of maintaining adequate cardiac rhythm and is now the accepted initial method of pacemaker therapy in most centres.…”

Ventricular-- triggered pacemaker arrhythmias.

“…A longer period of observation is necessary for this purpose, yet several authors are already satisfied with their performance (Center et al, 1968;Furman et al, 1967;Furman andEscher, 1968, Murphy, 1968;Faivre et al, 1968;Scheppokat et al, 1968;Sowton, 1968a).…”