Dual-chamber pacing in the cardiomyopathy of primary amyloidosis.
Cardiac function in a 75-year-old woman with primary amyloidosis and a restrictive cardiomyopathy deteriorated markedly after the occurrence of high-grade atrioventricular block. Atrial synchronous cardiac pacing, which was unreported previously in this setting, produced a marked improvement in cardiac performance.
Clugston
R A
RA
Royal Perth Hospital, WA.
Davis
M J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans