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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 84, Issue 4 508-509, Copyright © 2000 by Oxford University Press

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Monitoring equipment induced tachycardia in patients with minute ventilation rate-responsive pacemakers

PA Southorn, GS Kamath, GM Vasdev and DL Hayes
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

Minute ventilation-sensing pacemakers enable the paced heart to respond to an increased workload. Two patients with such a pacemaker developed pacemaker-driven tachycardia when connected to an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor also capable of documenting ventilatory frequency and ECG lead disconnection. This tachycardia stopped when the ECG leads were removed. These pacemakers and monitors emit a low-amplitude electrical current and measure the resultant impedence signal across the chest. When patients are connected to the monitor the pacemaker sensor summates both impedence signals and the paced heart rate is increased as a result.
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