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 ).

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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. =

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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! —

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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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