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|Description = The ventricular rate of the patient is about 72 beats/minute and it would appear that there is a p wave in front of each QRS complex.
The "pr" interval is a little short at about 120 ms.
The pacer should have started to pace he atrium when set at 100/min.
The failure to do so suggests that the pacing system is non-functional (depleted pacemaker battery, broken lead etc.) or that the pacer is sensing an atrial rhythm faster than 100/min.
In this case the pacer is sensing an SVT with an atrial rate of about 150/min. which explains the lack of pacing when the pacer is set to 100/min.
The treating physician decided to leave the patient in this rhythm.
It is interesting to note that some SVTs and atrial fibrillation can "cure" a sick sinus patient of their bradycardia and the need for a pacemaker. In those cases though that convert to atrial fibrillation anticoagulants are usually considered.


|Category = [[Case_reports_from_Michael_Rosengarten|Case reports by Michael Rosengarten]]
|Source = EKG World Encyclopedia http://cme.med.mcgill.ca/php/index.php , courtesy of Michael Rosengarten BEng, MD.McGill
|Date = 2012
|Author = Michael Rosengarten BEng, MD.McGill
|Permission = {{by-nc-sa-3.0}}
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