Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
• Third degree block
• Advanced 2nd degree block
• Symptomatic Mobitz I or II
• Mobitz II + wide QRS
• Exercise induced 2nd or 3rd degree block
Class II:
• Mobitz II + narrow QRS
• First degree AV block + hemodynamic compromise
• Bi/Tri-fascicular block with syncope
• Alternating RBBB/LBBB with syncope
Class Ill:
• Syncope of unclear origin
• Sinus brady/arrest, prolonged PR, Mobitz I without symptoms
• RBBB + LaFB without sx/syncope
• Reversible causes of AV block
- BWH Medicine Residency @BrighamMedRes
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