[The case of the "runaway pacemaker"].
A case of a runaway pacemaker is described. Malfunctioning pacemaker produced stimuli with changeable amplitude and fast rate. It was a reason of intermittent capture, producing a variable ventricular rate; periods of life-threatening pacemaker-induced ventricular tachycardia or uneffective stimulation with slow ventricular escape rhythm. Although runaway pacemaker is a rare complication in modern pacemakers, but it still exists. It usually occurs as an emergency situation requiring immediate correction.
Instytutu Kardiologii AM, Poznaniu.
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Stanek
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Paluszkiewicz
D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*
Przypadek "runaway pacemaker".