[A clinical course of coronary heart disease after pacemaker implantation and optimization of the pacing regime].
OBJECTIVE
To study effects of pacemaker implantation on the course of coronary heart disease (CHD) with stable angina pectoris and choice of optimal regimen of pacing.


METHODS
A total of 154 CHD patients with a pacemaker were examined. All the patients had angina of effort of functional class II-IV.


RESULTS
The symptoms of the disease improved in 72 (46.8%) patients (group 1): the number of anginal attacks decreased, exercise tolerance increased, the dose of antianginal medicines went down. Pain attacks became more frequent, response to nitroglycerin changed in 30 (19.5%) patients of group 2. This was explained by 1.5-2-fold enhancement of heart rate by pacemaker raising myocardial oxygen consumption and psychocardial syndrome. In 52 (33.8%) patients of group 3 anginal attacks characteristics did not change.


CONCLUSIONS
To optimize coronary reserve, frequency of electroimpulses must be reprogrammed to adjust to a functional class of angina and chronic cardiac failure as well as pacing regime. In particular, low coronary reserve demands optimal frequency of 55-65 imp/min while congenital cardiac failure--75-85 imp/min.
Iskanderov
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Minkin
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Vakina
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D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial