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Paced Escape - Paced Capture Bigeminy
Report:Sinus rhythm 57/min 0.5 Complete AV dissociation 0.5 Fixed pacemaker rhythm 31/min 3 Demand pacemaker escape rhythm (set at) 60/min 3 Escape-capture bigeminy 3 Comment:The original pacemaker continued to fire at 31/min as before, obviously dev
Paced Bigeminy in PAT with Block
Report:Atrial tachycardia 146/min with block 2 100% paced atrial-sensing ventricular rhythm 97/min 3 Escape-capture bigeminy 5 Comment:This is a visually striking trace, with regular atrial tachycardia resulting in bigeminal paced ventricular rhythm. T
Escape-Capture Bigeminy in AF
Report: Atrial fibrillation 1 High-grade or complete AV block 1 Junctional rhythm 2 Pacemaker rhythm 1 Escape-capture bigeminy 1 Left anterior hemiblock (LAHB) 1 Right bundle branch block 1 Anteroseptal infarction, age uncertain 1 ST/T changes con
Unusual Mechanism of Escape-Capture Bigeminy
Report: Sinus rhythm 0.5 SVEBs, blocked, in (atrial) trigeminy 2 AV sequential pacemaker, atrial-sensing (probably DDD) 0.5 Failure to sense SVEBs 4 Atrial-paced escape beats 0.5 Ventricular bigeminy (atrial trigeminy!) 2 Nonspecific T wave changes
Sinus Bradycardia: Escape-Capture Bigeminy
Report:Sinus bradycardia 38/min 3 Ventricular pacemaker escape beats 2 Escape-capture bigeminy 4 Nonspecific ST/T changes 1 Comment:A precondition for escape-capture bigeminy is a very long effective supraventricular cycle, created in this instance by
Rhythm Strip Bump: P Wave or Artefact?
Report: Sinus bradycardia 25/min Junctional escape beats Escape-capture bigeminy Right axis deviation Right bundle branch block Old anteroseptal infarction Lateral infarction or ischæmia Possible right ventricular hypertrophy Comment: Congenital
Another Lead 2 Problem: Narrow Pacemaker Escapes
Report:Sinus bradycardia 38/min Left atrial abnormality Pacemaker escape beats Escape-capture bigeminy ST/T changes c/c ischæmia Comment:Lead 2 rhythm strip (misprinted as lead 1 â we had a machine that always did it) shows narrow paced beats at s
Alternating RBBB & LBBB?
Report: Sinus rhythm Second degree 2:1 AV block Alternating RBBB & LBBB Discordant PR intervals Left axis deviation -35o (in RBBB) Non-specific ST/T changes (during RBBB) Or: Conducted RBBB with 2:1 and advanced 2o AVB Ventricular escape beats Es
Pacemaker & Native Escape-Capture Bigeminy
Report:Sinus bradycardia 37/min Junctional & pacemaker escape beats Escape-capture bigeminy Pseudofusion beats Fusion beat Ventricular conduction defect, unspecified Comment:The escape-capture phenomenon depends in this case on sinus bradycardia. T
Escape-Capture Bigeminy in AF
Report: Atrial fibrillation High-grade or complete AV block Junctional rhythm 39/min Pacemaker (escape) rhythm Escape-capture bigeminy Left anterior hemiblock (LAHB) Right bundle branch block Anteroseptal infarction, age uncertain ST/T changes con