Right ventricular dysplasia with complete atrioventricular block: necessity and limitation of left ventricular epicardial pacing.
This paper reports a case of right ventricular dysplasia, in which the patient presented with atrioventricular block and was followed for more than 8 years under left ventricular epicardial pacing. Five years after first epicardial pacemaker implantation, loss of capture occurred. Replacement of the epicardial leads was performed.
Akazawa
H
H
Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Ikeda
U
U
Minezaki
K K
KK
Hayashi
Y
Y
Kuroki
S
S
Shimada
K
K
D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013997:Time Factors