Pacing
3 cases filed under pacing. Each opens on a tracing, asks what is on it, and ends with the reading worked through.
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Two episodes of near-fainting today, the second while sitting down
Single-chamber pacemaker implanted four years ago for sinus node disease. Hypertension on ramipril; also takes aspirin and atorvastatin. No beta blocker, no calcium channel…
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Monitor alarm during a laparoscopic operation
Dual-chamber pacemaker implanted four years ago for complete heart block after aortic valve replacement, pacing-dependent at her last device check. Bisoprolol and apixaban, the…
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Dizzy standing up, twice in the last week
Dual-chamber pacemaker four years ago for sinus node disease. Takes doxazosin and indapamide for blood pressure, and amitriptyline at night for neuropathic pain, doubled by her GP…
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