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Cardiac pacing: role in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of cardiac rhythm and conduction

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Cardiac therapy

Abstract

Cardiac pacing is the application of external electrical stimuli to the heart. Because cardiac tissue is excitable, external electrical stimuli delivered to the heart will evoke a propagated response provided the stimulus is of appropriate strength and duration and is delivered during a period when the cardiac tissue is capable of responding. External stimuli can be applied epicardially or endocardially to any of the cardiac chambers or, under special circumstances, to the His bundle or bundle branches via a suitable electrode placed temporarily or permanently. The heart also can be paced from electrodes placed in the correct position in the esophagus, or even from the anterior chest wall [1,2]. This chapter will deal with the application of cardiac pacing for the diagnosis and treatment of abnormalities of cardiac rhythm and conduction.

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Waldo, A.L. (1983). Cardiac pacing: role in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of cardiac rhythm and conduction. In: Rosen, M.R., Hoffman, B.F. (eds) Cardiac therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3855-0_9

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