title: Diagnostic value of the 12-lead electrocardiogram during conventional and biventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization.
abstract: The paced 12-lead ECG is a valuable tool in the assessment of patients with pacemakers, and ideally should be recorded routinely at the time of implantation and during follow-up. It has become particularly important in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization. The multiplicity of clinical situations described in this review highlight the pitfalls of using a single ECG lead in the overall evaluation of pacemaker patients. The design of programmers capable of registering a 12-lead ECG would obviate the need of an additional electrocardiograph and encourage the routine recording of the paced 12-lead ECG with each patient encounter. Such an arrangement would improve the care of pacemaker patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA. ssbarold@aol.com
authors.forename: S Serge
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Barold
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Giudici
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herweg
authors.forename: Anne B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D016477:Artifacts; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial