During the 1980s Mayo Clinic implanters had a practice of using VVI pacemakers in SSS patients who had retrograde AV block, on the assumption that those patients would be resistant to pacemaker ...

Background: Dual-chamber pacing is believed to have an advantage over single-chamber ventricular pacing. The aim of the study was to determine whether elderly patients with implanted pacemaker for ...

Dual‑chamber pacemakers have pacing leads in the right atrium and ventricle. They are indicated for use in the treatment of atrioventricular block in the absence of continuous atrial fibrillation, and ...