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Chest pain, shortness of breath, T wave inversion, and rising troponin in a young healthy runner.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The important point for our purposes is that they do no represent myocardial infarction. A nice Review of EIA by Molis and Molis can be found in Sports Health 2:311-317, 2010. This gradual change in P wave morphology as the heart rate varies could be consistent with a wandering atrial pacemaker.

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) – why is it so important?

Cardiomatics

Moreover, the improvement of care for patients with myocardial infarction has resulted in higher survival rates, but as a result, more patients suffer from heart failure. This can be achieved by introducing electrodes into the vascular system which are connected to a pacemaker with a resynchronization function. Heart Fail.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Negative predictors of adverse outcome: Pacemaker Pre-syncope or "near-syncope," but there is still some small risk (5, 18) These last two are identified in studies, but I consider them dangerous signs and symptoms in their own right, as above: 10. —QRS J Am Coll Cardiol, 2010; 55:713-721, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.049 to 3.80).