The Natural History of Trifascicular Disease Following Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
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Seventy-two patients with trifascicular disease were followed for an average of40 months following permanent pacemaker insertion. The indications for pacemaker insertion were either electrocardiographic evidence of complete heart block with a wide QRS escape complex or a pattern of bifascicular block with either periods of Mobitz type II atrioventricular (A-V) block or a documented history of syncope. The patients were then divided into three groups depending on subsequent change in A-V conduction. There were 31 (43%) patients with no change in A-V conduction, 17 (24%) with increasing A-V block, and 24 (33%) with decreasing A-V block. The
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The natural history of trifascicular disease following permanent pacemaker implantation. Significance of continuing changes in atrioventricular conduction.
Seventy-two patients with trifasicular disease were followed for an average of 40 months following permanent pacemaker insertion. The indications for pacemaker insertion were either electrocardiographic evidence of complete heart block with a wide QRS escape complex or a pattern of bifasicular block with either periods of Mobitz type II atrioventricular (A-V) block or a documented history of sy...
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