Ventricular fibrillation complicating temporary ventricular pacing in acute myocardial infarction: significance of right ventricular infarction.
Five patients with acute myocardial infarction had ventricular fibrillation as a complication of indicated temporary pacing. All five patients had evidence of right ventricular infarction (three patients with postmortem confirmation). The presence of right ventricular infarction seems to be a contributing mechanism involved in the induction of ventricular fibrillation during temporary pacing for bradyarrhythmia complicating acute myocardial infarction.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis; D013909:Thorax; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications*