TITLE:
Late rising right ventricular pacing lead threshold four yearsafter implantation of a dual chamber pacemaker
AUTHORS:
H. Zaky, H. El Zein, A. Al-Mulla
KEYWORDS:
Late Rising Pacing Threshold
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Internal Medicine,
Vol.1 No.1,
June
29,
2011
ABSTRACT: Late rising in pacing threshold is an uncommon complication of permanent pacing. Treatment with high dose systemic steroid could spare the patient another procedure. We report a case of late rising pacing threshold that responded to high dose sys-temic steroid which lowered the pacing threshold to one volt, then rose again to around 2 volts.