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Approximately 1 million people in the United States have permanent pacemakers, and 426 new pacemakers were implanted per million members of the population in 1993^1,2 (and Bernstein AD, Parsonnet V: personal communication). Since the late 1950s, when the first asynchronous single-chamber permanent pacemakers were placed in patients,^3-5 cardiac pacing has become a complex and self-contained subspecialty within cardiology that requires special training.⁶ However, primary care providers commonly encounter patients in whom permanent pacemakers have been implanted and evaluate patients to determine the need for permanent pacing. For this reason, it is essential that all physicians understand how pacemakers function, particularly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Indications

Sinus-Node Dysfunction

Atrioventricular Block

Fascicular Block

Neurocardiogenic Syncope

Cardiomyopathy

Programmable Pacemakers

Pacing Modes

Ddd Pacing

Inhibited Pacing of the Atrium and Ventricle (DDI)

Rate-Adaptive Pacemakers (AAIR, VVIR, DDIR, and DDDR)

            Sensors

            Programmability

Choice of Pacing Mode

Conclusions and Future Directions

Source Information

From the Electrophysiology and Pacing Service, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, N.M. (F.M.K.); and the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital (N.G.), both in San Francisco.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Kusumoto at the Electrophysiology and Pacing Service, Cardiology Division, Lovelace Medical Center, 5400 Gibson Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108.

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