Cardiac pacing and coronary hemodynamics.
This article reviews the current knowledge on the effects of pacing on coronary hemodynamics. In particular, the possible effects of heart rate, atrioventricular delay, ventricular depolarization sequence, and ventricular pacing site on the coronary circulation are examined.
Kyriakides
Z S
ZS
Second Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. zskyr@otenet.gr
Kolettis
T M
TM
Kremastinos DTh
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013318:Stroke Volume