Therapeutic usefulness of chest wall stimulation in patients with demand pacemakers.
Chest wall stimulation (CWS) has been used extensively to evaluate the performance of demand pacemakers. This brief report describes how this technique may also be used therapeutically in certain clinical circumstances.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy; D013909:Thorax