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Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
Pacemaker Placement ... with syncope • ... RBBB/LBBB with syncope ... arrest, prolonged PR ... BrighamMedRes #Pacemaker
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• Prolonged PR ... • Prolonged PR ... PR shorted after ... • Treatment: Pacemaker ... • Treatment: Pacemaker
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... /3rd degree AV Block ... • Pacemaker ... Tachy-Brady Syndrome #Syncope
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
PR interval ... There is constant PR ... • The PR interval ... by a junctional pacemaker ... an infra-Hisian pacemaker
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs - Syncope ... assoc with 1K, AV block ... wave and short PR ... Trifascicular block ... Wong @mchlwng #Syncope
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
- w/ variable block ... (3) SA node block ... 1º - long PR intervals ... successively longer PR ... - ventricular pacemaker
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
assessment in Syncope ... - Bifascicular block ... missed in the syncope ... look for a short PR ... or 3rd degree block
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
The P wave and PR ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Intervals - PR ... ) - HiPR: AV block ... ectopic atrial pacemaker ... leads rsr'), V-pacemaker
Third Degree AV Block aka Complete Heart Block
 • In sinus rhythm with complete AV block,
Third Degree AV Block ... • The PR interval ... by a junctional pacemaker ... an infra-Hisian pacemaker ... ThirdDegree #3rd #AVBlock