title: Pacemaker malfunction: fact or artifact?
abstract: In summary, the present examples illustrate how pacemaker malfunction can be simulated by the sources of artifact produced or detected by the monitoring equipment. This form of pseudopacemaker malfunction remains a common cause of mistaken diagnosis of pacemaker malfunction. A thorough understanding of the examples outlined above should help distinguish true pacemaker malfunction from pseudopacemaker malfunction produced by artifact.
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation