title: The arrhythmias of dual-chamber cardiac pacemakers and their management.
abstract: The field of cardiac pacing has developed exponentially in the past several years. The widespread use of atrioventricular synchronous pacemakers has resulted in the recognition of several types of pacemaker-associated arrhythmias. Certain of these arrhythmias follow asynchronous stimulation of either cardiac chamber; others are the result of the artificial bypass tract created with dual-chamber sensing and pacing. All the arrhythmias, however, are associated with normal pacemaker function.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*