How and when to pace in vasovagal syncope.
This article discusses the indications for pacing in vasovagal syncope. It also reviews the literature on pacing results; notably, there are two small randomized controlled trials of pacing versus no therapy (or continued nondevice therapy) that show a clear benefit for pacing. The mode of benefit is, as yet, unclear. Pacing has to be dual chamber with some form of rate hysteresis. Ways of improving pacemaker therapy delivery in vasovagal syncope are anticipated.
Sutton
Richard
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Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom. R.Hawthorn@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*