[Atrial pacing with the A-V paceport pulmonary artery catheter].
Atrial pacing is often necessary during cardiac surgery. A total of 20 patients undergoing cardiac surgery were atrially paced with either a multipurpose pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) or an A-V paceport PAC (n = 10 each). Atrial pacing was successful in all the patients before cardiopulmonary bypass. The output threshold was 4.2 +/- 0.7 mA for a multipurpose PAC and 3.8 +/- 0.7 mA for A-V paceport PAC. Atrial pacing with both PAC's was readily performed and useful during cardiac surgery.
Inada
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Teikyo Medical School, Tokyo.
Iwahashi
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K
Kashiwagi
H
H
Takasaki
M
M
Horibe
M
M
Ohiwa
E
E
Ohshima
T
T
Okada
K
K
D002404:Catheterization; D006325:Heart Atria; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011651:Pulmonary Artery