title: Temporary transvenous atrial pacing for the control of supraventricular tachycardia in the coronary care unit.
abstract: Until the present, temporary atrial pacing techniques for acutely ill patients with supraventricular arrhythmias have been most widely used following open heart surgery. The recent availability of stable J-shaped temporary atrial pacing catheters promises to broaden the use of atrial pacing to patients with such arrhythmias who have not had a thoracotomy. Two cases with resistant supraventricular arrhythmias were successfully treated using temporary transvenous pacing leads placed in the right atrial appendage.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy*