Keeping up the Pace: A Case of Complete Heart Block

We present the case of a 56-year-old lady who presented with symptomatic bradycardia and was outsourced for permanent pacemaker implantation. The discussion that follows highlights the growing need for permanent pacemakers globally and in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the stepwise approach needed...

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Autores principales: Maraj, Kevin, Persad, Varsha A, Hinds, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10105517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37069842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37606
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description We present the case of a 56-year-old lady who presented with symptomatic bradycardia and was outsourced for permanent pacemaker implantation. The discussion that follows highlights the growing need for permanent pacemakers globally and in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the stepwise approach needed for investigating patients with symptomatic bradycardia. Finally, recommendations are made for policy changes needed at the national level.
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spelling pubmed-101055172023-04-16 Keeping up the Pace: A Case of Complete Heart Block Maraj, Kevin Persad, Varsha A Hinds, Aaron Cureus Cardiology We present the case of a 56-year-old lady who presented with symptomatic bradycardia and was outsourced for permanent pacemaker implantation. The discussion that follows highlights the growing need for permanent pacemakers globally and in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the stepwise approach needed for investigating patients with symptomatic bradycardia. Finally, recommendations are made for policy changes needed at the national level. Cureus 2023-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10105517/ /pubmed/37069842 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37606 Text en Copyright © 2023, Maraj et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Keeping up the Pace: A Case of Complete Heart Block
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