title: Recent developments in cardiac pacing.
abstract: Indications for cardiac pacing continue to expand. Pacing to improve functional capacity, which is now common, relies on careful patient selection and technical improvements, such as complex software algorithms and diagnostic capabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of cardiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rodak
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial