2013 Bradycardia Pacemaker 
Ken Grauer, MD
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Is a pacemaker needed? Even if we stopped here — We could conclude the following: There is marked bradycardia in today's rhythm ( ie, Heart rate in the low 30s ). Finally — If today's patient does not have significant underlying coronary disease — then her bradycardia with AV block may be the result of SSS ( S ick S inus S yndrome ).
Ken Grauer, MD
JANUARY 20, 2024
Looking first at the long-lead II rhythm strip — there is significant bradycardia , with a heart R ate just under 40/minute. The patient may need a pacemaker. But the point to emphasize — is that it should only take seconds to recognize that there is bradycardia from significant AV block. =
Ken Grauer, MD
OCTOBER 27, 2023
That said — obvious findings include: i ) Marked bradycardia! — My Immediate Impression — was that this elderly woman with a several week history of symptoms would most likely leave the hospital with a pacemaker. The rhythm in Figure-1 is complex — and defies precise interpretation without careful study. be regular! —
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Several days into hospitalization, she continued to have occasional episodes of sinus rhythm and sinus bradycardia with periods of Mobitz I AV block and 2:1 block. Meanwhile, the patient's native rhythm is sinus bradycardia with adequate perfusion. adapted from Grauer K: ACLS-2013-ePub Section 15, KG/EKG Press ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 8, 2025
Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI. 2:34 PM, following right heart catheterization She then went into atrial fibrillation with complete heart block and junctional escape rhythm prompting placement of transvenous pacemaker.
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